Explain the relief, soil, rivers, location etc. of Deccan Plateau.
Deccan plateau lies to the south of the river Narmada flanked by the Western Ghats on the west and Eastern Ghats on the east. The Western and Eastern Ghats meet to form Nilgiri mountains along the border of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
Its northern part is made up of volcanic lavas and black or regur soils are found here. It is of triangular shape, widest in the northward while goes on tapering as its move towards the south. This part of Peninsular plateau is drained by Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna and Kavery rivers. We see the Mahadev,
The Kaimur hills and Maikal range in the east of this plateau. Western Ghats are unbroken or continuous and these can be crossed through passes made in Thal, Bhor and Pal Ghats. Western Ghats are higher than the Eastern Ghats.
An average elevation of Western Ghat is 900-1600 metres while it is 600 metres when we talk about the Eastern Ghats. Western Ghats run parallel to the western coast and the Eastern Ghats are spread from the Mahanadi valley to the Nilgiri in the south.
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