Explain the features of the Indian desert.

Important features of the Peninsular Plateau are as follows:
(i) The Peninsular plateau is a tableland composed of the old crystalline, igneous and metamorphic rocks.
(ii) The plateau consists of two broad divisions, namely, the Central Highlands and the Deccan Plateau.
(iii)  An extension of the Plateau is also visible in the northeast- locally known as the Meghalaya, Karbi-Anglong Plateau and the North Cachar Hills.
(iv) The Western Ghats and the Eastern Ghats mark the western and eastern edges of the Deccan Plateau respectively.
(v) One of the distinct features of the peninsular plateau is the black soil area known as Deccan Trap.

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