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Describe the structure and relief features of the Deccan Plateau.

  • UPSC 2021
  • Physical Setting

The Deccan Plateau is the core of the Peninsular Plateau, the oldest and most stable landmass of the Indian subcontinent — a rigid Gondwana block that has undergone no orogeny since the Precambrian and has been shaped since only by denudation and by faulting.

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  • Structure
  • The crystalline basement
  • The lava cover
  • The rift structures
  • The tilt
  • Relief Features
  • …and 4 more sections, with a conclusion

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