Deccan plateau
The Deccan plateau , in German known as Deccan Plateau , is a part of the landscape Dekkans in central India . The highlands extend in the north into the landscape around the river Tapti and border there on the mountain ranges of the Satpura, in the west and east the mountain ranges of the Western Ghats and Eastern Ghats form the borders, which almost collide in the south. It is a table land , wavy in the east, which flattens out to the west and forms extensive plains. The Dekkan-Trapp in the northwest is one of the largest basalt areas on earth with around 500,000 km². In the west, the heights of the Dekkan Plateau are 1000 to 1300 m, in the center 500 to 600 m. The rivers originating from the Western Ghats flow through the plateau in an easterly direction and flow into the Bay of Bengal.
In addition to isolated areas with alluvial and diluvial soils, fertile black earth and laterite soils predominate. The Deccan Plateau is relatively dry because the southwest monsoons are held by the Western Ghats. Agriculture is therefore dependent on irrigation.
