Deccan plateau

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1. The  Deccan Plateau  is a large plateau in India, making up most of the southern part of the country. It rises a hundred metres high in the north, and more than a kilometre high in the south, forming a raised triangle within the familiar downward-pointing triangle of Indian subcontinent’s coastline. It extends over eight Indian states and encompasses a wide range of habitats, covering most of central and southern India. It is located between two mountain ranges, the Western Ghats and the Eastern Ghats. Each rises from its respective nearby coastal plain. They almost meet at the southern tip of India. The Deccan Plateau is separated from the Gangetic plain to the north by the Satpura and Vindhya ranges, which form its northern boundary. .

2. The climate of the region varies from  semi-arid  in the north tropical  in most of the region with distinct wet and dry seasons. Rain falls during the monsoon  season from about June to October. March to June can be very dry and hot, with temperatures regularly exceeding 40 °C. The Deccan plateau is a topographically variegated region located south of the Gangetic plains-the portion lying between the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal-and includes a substantial area to the north of the  Vindhya range, which has popularly been regarded as the divide between northern India and the Deccan . The plateau is bounded on the east and west by the Ghats, while its northern extremity is the  Satpura range. The Deccan's average elevation is about 2,000 feet (600 m), sloping generally eastward; its principal rivers, the Godavari, Krishna, and Cauvery, flow from the Western Ghats eastward to the Bay of Bengal. The plateau's climate is drier than that on the coasts and is arid in places. Although sometimes used to mean all of India south of the Narmada River, the word Deccan relates more specifically to that area of rich volcanic soils and lava-covered plateaus in the northern part of the peninsula between the Narmada and Krishna rivers. . The Deccan plateau consists of dry tropical forests that experiences only seasonal rainfall

3. The Deccan is home to many  languages  and people.  Bhil  and  Gond  people live in the hills along the northern and north-eastern edges of the plateau, and speak various languages that belong to both the Indo-european  and  Dravidian  families of languages.   Marathi, an Indo-Aryan, is the main language of the north-western Deccan in the state of  Maharashtra. Speakers of  Telugu  and  Kannada, the predominant languages of  Telengana,   Andra Pradesh  and  Karnataka  respectively, occupy those states' portions of the plateau.   Tamil  is the main language of  Tamil Nadu  to the south of the plateau, and  Malayalam  that of the hills and coast to the south-west, in the state of  Kerala. The city of Hyderabad  is an important centre of  Urdu  language in the Deccan; its surrounding areas also host a notable population of Urdu speakers. The Urdu dialect spoken in this region is also known as Dakhinni  or as  Deccani . North of Andhra is the state of Odisha. People speak the language Oriya here . The chief crop is  cotton; also common are  sugarcane,   rice, and other crops. Apart from the  states  already mentioned, the state of  Chattisgarh  is found in the northeast corner of the plateau. The three large cities in the Deccan are  Hyderabad  the capital of Telangana,  Bengaluru  the capital of Karnataka and  Pune, the cultural hub of Maharashtra.

4. Woodlands of Hardwickia binata  and Albizia Amara are the characteristic plant community of this ecoregion, distinguishing it from the predominantly teak  (Tectona grandis)  or sal (Shorea robusta)  woodlands found elsewhere in the Deccan. The Central Deccan forests have an upper canopy at 15-25 meters, and an understory at 10-15 meters, with little undergrowth.   The  Hardwickia  trees lose their leaves during the winter dry season, and leaf out again in April . large areas of remaining forest on the plateau are still home to a variety of grazing animals from the Four-horned Antelope  (Tetracerus quadricornis) , chinkara   (Gazella bennettii) , and blackbuck  (Antilope cervicapra )  to the largeGaur and Wild water buffalo  ( Bubalus arnee) .

5. Covered by ancient forests, which are older than the Himalayas, the plateau is home to a rich wildlife, which includes animals like Elephants, Tiger, Gaur and Buffalo, along with a wide variety of birds. The dense forests of the Deccan plateau are fed by a number of rivers, namely Narmada, Tapti, Mahanadi, Indravati and Godavari.

6. Wheat,  jowar,  millets and cotton are grown in the black fertile soil of the Malwa Plateau and parts of the Chota Nagpur Plateau. The two basically include the states of Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh. There are many industries and mines also in the area. Tribals also live here. Maharashtra along with parts of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh falls in the Deccan Plateau region. Agriculture is the main occupation of the people though there are; numerous industries and mines in the area too

7. Perhaps the greatest threat that faces many species is the widespread destruction of habitat . Deforestation, farming, over-grazing and development all result in irreversible changes soil compaction, erosion, desertification, and alteration of local climatic conditions. Such land use practices vastly alter or even eliminate wildlife habitat. In areas where rare species are present, habitat destruction can quickly force a species to extinction. By protecting habitat, entire communities of animals can be protected together and when communities are kept intact, less conservation intervention is required to ensure species survival. Parks, reserves, and other protected lands are too often the only habitats left untouched by habitat destruction.

8. Herbicides and pesticides may keep yards looking nice but they are in fact hazardous pollutants that affect wildlife at many levels. Many herbicides and pesticides take a long time to degrade and build up in the soils or throughout the food chain. Some groups of animals such as amphibians are particularly vulnerable to these chemical pollutants and suffer greatly as a result of the high levels of herbicides and pesticides in their habitat.