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{{Short description|Plateau on the Indian Subcontinent}}
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The '''Deccan Peninsula''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|d|ɛ|k|ə|n}} {{respell|DEK|ən}} {{audio|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sumxr-Deccan.wav||help=no}}) is a [[peninsula]] that extends over an area of {{cvt|1,900,000|km2}} and is one of the four distinct geographical sub-regions of India.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://knowindia.india.gov.in/profile/physical-features.php|title=Physical features|work=[[Government of India]]|access-date=1 June 2025}}</ref><ref name="Brit">{{cite web|url=https://kids.britannica.com/students/article/Deccan/648210|title=Deccan|work=[[Britannica]]|access-date=1 June 2025}}</ref> It forms the southern part of the [[Indian subcontinent]]. The [[Deccan plateau]] forms the bulk of the peninsula, and is contiguous with the [[Central Highlands (India)|Central Highlands]], which forms the northern part of the peninsula.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://edurev.in/t/348841/NCERT-Summary-Peninsular-Plateau|title=Peninsular plateau|work=[[NCERT]]|access-date=1 June 2025}}</ref> It is bound by the [[Eastern Coastal Plains|Eastern]] and [[Western Coastal Plains]] on the sides.<ref name="Brit"/><ref name="Geo">{{cite book|title=A Social and Economic Atlas of India|year=1987|isbn=978-0-195-62041-2|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|page=2}}</ref> It stretches from the [[Aravalli Range|Aravalli range]] in the northwest, and from the southern end of the [[Indo-Gangetic Plain]] to the [[Indian Ocean]] in the south, while stretching from [[Bay of Bengal]] in the east to [[Arabian Sea]] in the west.<ref name="Geo"/><ref>{{cite book|title=Complete Geography|publisher=[[University of Minnesota]]|author=Alex Everett Frye|page=72}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Ascomycetes of Peninsular India|author=Alaka Pande|year=2008|isbn=978-9-388-81256-6|publisher= Scientific Publishers|page=11}}</ref> The mountain ranges of the [[Eastern Ghats]] and the [[Western Ghats]] separate the plateau region from the eastern and western coastal plains respectively.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://pib.gov.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=42501|title=Physiography of Water|date=9 September 2008|access-date=1 June 2024|work=[[Press Information Bureau]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Population of India|publisher=Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, United Nations|year=1982|page=2}}</ref>

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== External links ==

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Manpreet23 at 15:12, 26 April 2026