The Peninsular Plateau and its hill ranges
Whole chapter · 14–22 focused hours
India: location, structure and physiography
A first-attempt learner with school-level reading, basic arithmetic and little retained geography; later chapters assume the earlier physical-process chapters have been studied. Basic literacy remediation and Geography optional are outside this estimate.
Includes
- Selected primary readings and their diagrams/maps
- Brief comparison notes and process/map sketches
- Available mapped practice, mistake review and one initial recall review
Separate time needed
- Later spaced revisions and full-paper mocks
- Reading every optional exercise or every source book in full
- Excludes detailed hazard mitigation institutions, exhaustive local-place lists, and optional supplementary book exercises.
Editorial planning estimate; not learner timing data
- Plateau divisions
- Aravalli vindhya satpura
- Western Ghats or Sahyadri: continuous scarp, Thal, Bhor and Pal ghats, Nilgiri, Anaimalai (Anamudi), Cardamom and Palani hills; states spanned
- Eastern Ghats: discontinuous ranges (Mahendragiri, Nallamala, Velikonda, Palkonda, Seshachalam, Javadi, Shevaroy, Biligirirangan); rivers rising in them
- Meghalaya plateau: Garo (Nokrek), Khasi (Shillong peak, Cherrapunji, Mawsynram) and Jaintia hills
- Deccan lava plateau landscape: flat-topped hills, mesas, black soil, Ajanta and Satmala ranges
- Rajmahal hills, Chotanagpur (Ranchi, Hazaribagh) plateau, Garhjat hills, Bastar plateau
Where to study this topic
- India: Physical Environment, Class XI, chapter 2: Structure and Physiography (2026-27) ↗
ch. 2, Structure and Physiography, p. 1-10 (book pages 7-16)
- Majid Husain's Geography of India, publisher page with contents ↗
ch. 2, Physiography
Whole chapter reading
- India: Physical Environment, Class XI, chapter 1: India: Location (2026-27) ↗
Explanatory text, diagrams and selected chapter exercises
- India: Physical Environment, Class XI, chapter 2: Structure and Physiography (2026-27) ↗
Explanatory text, diagrams and selected chapter exercises
- India: Physical Environment, Class XI, chapter 6: Natural Hazards and Disasters (2026-27) ↗
Hazard occurrence and regional distribution only; preparedness/response belongs to Disaster Management
- Majid Husain's Geography of India, publisher page with contents ↗
Chapters 1–2: geological structure and physiography; selected lakes and regional features not covered by NCERT
Book required · Supplementary - Majid Husain's Geography of India, publisher page with contents ↗
Chapters 1–2, named geological systems and regional physical features; use the index for individual lakes and ranges.
Book required