Meghalaya Plateau

• The peninsular plateau extends further east beyond the Rajmahal hills to from Meghalaya or the Shillong plateau. The eastward extinction is known as Karbi Anglong plateau.

• Garo-Rajmahal Gap separates this plateau from the main block.

• Its western boundary more or less coincides with the Bangladesh border.

• The western, central and the eastern parts of the plateau are known as the Garo Hills (900m), the Khasi-Jaintia Hills (1,500 m) and the Mikir Hills (700 m).

• Shillong (1,961 m) is the highest point of the plateau.

BaghelKhand

• North of the Maikal Range is the Baghelkhand.

• Made of limestones and sandstones on the west and granite in the east.

• It is bounded by the Son river on the north.

• The central part of the plateau acts as a water divide between the Son drainage system in the north and the Mahanadi river system in the south.

• The region is uneven with general elevation varying from 150 m to 1,200 m.