India: location, structure and physiography
The Peninsular Plateau and its hill ranges
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- Divisions: Deccan Plateau, Central Highlands (Malwa, Bundelkhand, Baghelkhand), Chotanagpur plateau, Meghalaya plateau, Dandakaranya
- Aravalli (Guru Shikhar), Vindhya and Kaimur, Satpura with Mahadeo, Maikal and Amarkantak; Narmada-Tapi troughs
- 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