UPSC · Prelims and Mains
Indian and World Geography
← India: location, structure and physiographyThe Peninsular Plateau and its hill ranges
- Plateau divisions
- Aravalli vindhya satpura
- Western Ghats or Sahyadri: continuous scarp, Thal, Bhor and Pal ghats, Nilgiri, Anaimalai (Anamudi), Cardamom and Palani hills; states spanned
- Eastern Ghats: discontinuous ranges (Mahendragiri, Nallamala, Velikonda, Palkonda, Seshachalam, Javadi, Shevaroy, Biligirirangan); rivers rising in them
- Meghalaya plateau: Garo (Nokrek), Khasi (Shillong peak, Cherrapunji, Mawsynram) and Jaintia hills
- Deccan lava plateau landscape: flat-topped hills, mesas, black soil, Ajanta and Satmala ranges
- Rajmahal hills, Chotanagpur (Ranchi, Hazaribagh) plateau, Garhjat hills, Bastar plateau
