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PLATEAU

Q1. What is a Plateau?

A flat topped expanse of elevated land produced by radial or vertical movement of Earth's crust.

Q2. What is a dissected Plateau?

A worn out plateau.

Q3. What is a Table Land?

Plateau bordered by a cliff is called so.

Q4. What is a Piedmont Plateau?

A plateau situated between a mountain range and a plain or sea.

Q5. What is a Continental Plateau?

It is a table land or flattened hill rising abruptly from low lands or sea.

Q6. What are the Plateaus of India?

1. CHOTA NAGPUR - East India. Mainly over Jharkhand and parts of Orissa, Bihar and Chhatisgarh - 65000 SQKM area - Coal deposits are abundant - Deciduous forest covers large area.

2. DECCAN - Encompassed by West and Eastern Ghats, Vindhyas and Satpura range, covering Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.

3. MYSORE -- South Karnataka Plateau covering Bangalore, Hassan, Kodagu, Kolar, Mandya and Tumkur districts.

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