Give characteristics of central highlands

The part of Peninsular plateau lying to the north of the Narmada river covering a major area of the Malwa plateau is known as Central highlands.The Central Highland is bounded in the west by the Aravalli Range, to the south by the Narmada River and the Deccan Plateau beyond, to the east by Eastern Highland and to the north by the Northern Plains of India. This region covers the highlands of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh etc.Characteristics of Central highlands are:

1).To the west of the Central Highland lies the Aravalli Range which is the oldest mountain range in India and one of the oldest ranges in the world. Being eroded over centuries this one-very-high mountain has two important peaks, Gurushikhar with a height of 1722 meters and Mount Abu with only 1158 meters of elevation.

2). The most important range of this highland is the Vindhyans. The Chambal River rises from these hills. 

3).To the south of this range lies Narmada River which flows over open valleys or at places through rift valleys on its way to the west into the Arabian Sea.

4).North of the Vindhyan range lies the Malwa Plateau.

• They stretch from the north-west with the Aravalis, further merging with the sandy and rocky desert of Rajasthan.
• They are wider in the West but narrower in the east.
• The eastward extension of this plateau is locally known as ‘Bundelkhand’ and ‘Baghelkhand’. The ‘Chotanagpur plateau’ is the easternmost part of this plateau, which is drained by the river Damodar.
• The part of the Peninsular Plateau lying to the north of the Narmada river covering major area of the Malwa Plateau is known as the Central Highland.