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The Peninsular Plateau and the Western and Eastern Ghats sheet
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Describe the main features of the Peninsular Plateau. How do the Western Ghats differ from the Eastern Ghats?

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  1. 1 · Open in one line. The Peninsular Plateau is an old, triangular tableland of hard rocks, part of ancient Gondwana land.
  2. 2 · Two divisions. The Narmada divides it into the Central Highlands to the north and the Deccan Plateau to the south.
  3. 3 · Central Highlands. They include the Aravallis (Guru Shikhar, 1,722 m), the Malwa plateau with the Chambal and Betwa, and the Chota Nagpur plateau.
  4. 4 · Deccan Plateau. It lies south of the Narmada. Its black soil area, the Deccan trap, formed from lava and suits cotton.
  5. 5 · Ghats: continuity and height. The Western Ghats are continuous and about 1,000 m high; the Eastern Ghats are broken by rivers and about 600 m high.
  6. 6 · Ghats: peaks and rivers. Anaimudi (2,695 m) tops the Western Ghats and Mahendragiri (1,501 m) the Eastern Ghats. Rivers rise in the Western Ghats and cut through the Eastern Ghats.
  7. 7 · Close in one line. The two Ghats meet in the Nilgiri hills.

Scoring tip: Write the comparison as a small table: point, Western Ghats, Eastern Ghats. It is quick to write and easy to mark.