Indian Peninsula
On the west of India is the Arabian Sea, while to its east lies the
Bay of Bengal. The plateau consisting of volcanic rock with a
thickness varying from 1,200 to 1,500m that reaches a good 3,000m near
Mumbai, covers a million square kilometres. Thanks to its dry patches
and craters, the landscape has a scarred and rugged appearance.
The largest meteorite crater in the world – the Lonar Crater,
measuring 1,800m across and 170m deep – is situated right here in
the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra. In the northern fringes of the
Deccan lava tableland are the rugged plateaus of Malwa, Bundelkhand
and Rewa.
In the west is the Vindhya Mountain Range followed by the Narmada
River, Satpura Range and the Tapti River. Southwest of the peninsula
are the blue Nilgiri Hills. The Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna and Kaveri
are east flowing rivers in the region whereas the Periyar is in the
Western Ghats.
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