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(a) Physical features of India are: (i) The Himalayan Mountains (ii) The Northern Plains (iii) The Peninsular Plateau (iv) The Coastal Plains The Islands (a) Deccan plateau is the oldest part of the Indian sub-continent. It is triangular in shape, the base of this plateau is in the north. Its average height varies from 600 to 900 metres. (b) It is made of volcanic trap and has igneous and metamorphic rocks. (c) It is flanked by two edges, western ghats and eastern ghats. Western ghats are higher than eastern ghats. It slopes from west to east. Rivers Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna and Kaveri flow eastward and drain in the Bay of Bengal. Tapi and Narmada flow westward into the Arabian Sea. It contains rich Mineral deposits and has Black, Red and Laterite soils.
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