- Peninsular Plateau is an aggregation of several smaller plateaus and hill ranges.
- The Peninsular Plateau is one of the oldest landforms of the earth.
- It is a highly stable block composed mostly of the Archaean gneisses and schists.
- The average height of the plateau is 600-900 m above sea level (varies from region to region).
- Most of the peninsular rivers flow west to east indicating its general slope.
- Narmada - Tapti are the exceptions which flow from east to west in a rift.
Marwar Plateau and Central Highland
Malwa Plateau and Bundelkhand Upland
Chotanagpur Plateau
Meghalaya Plateau and BaghelKhand
Deccan Plateau and Chhattisgarh Plain
Maharashtra Plateau and Telangana plateau
Karnataka Plateau
The significance of the Peninsular Plateau
