THE SOUTHERN PLATEAUS

THE MALWA PLATEAU IS BOUND BY THE______IN THE NORTH-WEST

• SATPURAS

• ARAVALLIS

• VINDHYAS

• NILGIRIS

------------ AND -------------ARE THE TWO MAJOR TYPES OF SOILS FOUND IN THE SOUTHERN PLATEAUS

• BLACK/RED

• RED/ALLUVIAL

• BLACK/ALLUVIAL

• SAND/ALLUVAIL

------------AND----------- ARE THE RIVERS THAT FLOW WESTWARD.

• KRISHNA/GODAVARI

• NARMADA/TAPI

• TAPI/KAVERI

• KAVERI/GODAVARI

THE--------- PLATEAUS IS A MINERAL-RICH PLATESUS

• CHOTA NAGPUR

• NAGPUR MALWA

• NAGPUR

• CHTA MALWA

THE RIVER NARMADA DIVIDES THEM INTO TWO PRATS

• CENTRAL HIGHLAND/DECCAN PLATEAU

• MALWA

• TAPI

• NARMADA

THE DECCAN PLATEAU IS SURROUNDED BY THE ----------- AND ------------

• WESTERN AND EASTERN GHATS

• EASTERN SOUTHERN GHATS

• SANDALWOOD

• WILDLIFE

What is the extent of the Deccan Plateau?

• The Deccan Plateau extends from the Satpura

  hills in the north to Kanyakumari in the south.

  On the western side, it is bound by the Western

  Ghats and in the eastern side, the Eastern Ghats.

• The Deccan Plateau

  covers most of the

  southern part of India.

• The Western Ghats-

  western side

• Famous hills of the

  western ghats -

  Sahyadri, Nilgiri,

  Annamalai, Cardamom

  hills

3. List two important features of the rivers in the Deccan Plateau?

• a)Many rivers flowing through the Deccan plateau originate in the Eastern and Western Ghats.

• The Southern Plateaus receive rainfall during the monsoon season

• The Southern Plateaus receive rainfall during the monsoon season

• The winter season starts in November and lasts till February.

Describe the climate of the Southern Plateaus ?

• The month between March and June are very hot. The winter season

•          b)They flow east towards the Bay of Bengal

• Ans) a)Many rivers flowing through the Deccan plateau originate

WRITE A FEW SENTENCES ABOUT RED SOIL

• Red soil is found in parts of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Madhya Pradesh.

• Black soil is found in some parts of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and Maharashtra.

• This soil is suitable for the cultivation of cotton, sugar cane, groundnuts, millets, oil seeds, rice and wheat.