Deccan Plateau
- It is triangular in shape and is bounded by the Satpura and the Vindhya in the north-west, the Mahadev and the Maikal in the north, the Western Ghats in the west and the Eastern Ghats in the east.
- Its general slope is from west to east which is indicated by the flow of its major rivers.
- Rivers have further subdivided this plateau into a number of smaller plateaus.
- Its average elevation is 600 m. It rises to 1000 m in the south but dips to 500 m in the north.
Chhattisgarh Plain
- The Chhattisgarh plain is the only plain worth the name in the Peninsular plateau.
- It is a saucer-shaped depression drained by the upper Mahanadi.
- The whole basin lies between the Maikal Range and the Odisha hills.
- The region was once ruled by Haithaivanshi Rajputs from whose thirty-six forts (Chhattisgarh) it derives its name.
