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The Peninsular plateau consists of two broad divisions, namely, the Central Highlands and the Deccan Plateau. The part of the Peninsular plateau lying to the north of the Narmada river covering a major area of the Malwa plateau is known as the Central Highlands. The Vindhyan range is bounded by the Central Highlands on the south and the Aravalis on the northwest. The further westward extension gradually merges with the sandy and rocky desert of Rajasthan. The flow of the rivers draining this region, namely the Chambal, the Sind, the Betwa and Ken is from southwest to northeast, thus indicating the slope. The Central Highlands are wider in the west but narrower in the east. The eastward extensions of this plateau are locally known as the Bundelkhand and Baghelkhand.

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The Central Highlands are one of the two physical divisions of the peninsular plateau. They are composed of Malwa(in west), Deccan (in south) and Chota nagpur(in east) plateaus.

The Malwa Plateau is located in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat.

The Chota Nagpur Plateau is located in eastern India covering much of the Indian state Jharkhand and adjacent parts of Orissa, Bihar and Chhattisgarh.

Deccan plateau is located in most of the areas of the Indian state of Karnataka and Maharashtra and some parts of the state of Andhra Pradesh.

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The Central Highlands are part of the Peninsular Plateau region in India. It consists of the Malwa Plateau region to the north of the Narmada River. The Vindhyan range lies to the north of the Highlands. The region is drained by the rivers Chambal, Ken, Betwa and Sind from southwest to northeast direction. The Central Highlands are wider in the west and narrower in the east. Bundelkhand and Baghelkhand are the eastward extensions of the Central Highlands. The Chhotanagpur Plateau, drained by the Damodar river, marks a further eastward extension of these highlands.

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The  Central  Highlands  are  located  to  the  north  of  river  Narmada.  It  is  also  having  eastward  extension  called  Baghdkhand  and  Bundekhand.  It  also  consistes  of  Chhota  Nagpur  plateau  and  a  part  of  Malwa  plateau.

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