Vindhya Range
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The Vindhya range |
The
Vindhya Range is a range of hills in central
India, which
geographically separates The
Indian subcontinent into northern India (the
Indo-Gangetic plain) and
Southern India.
The western end of the range rises in eastern
Gujarat state, near the border with
Madhya Pradesh, and the range runs east and north nearly to the
Ganges River at
Mirzapur. The southern slopes of the range are drained by the
Narmada River, which drains westward to the
Arabian Sea in the depression between the Vindhya Range and the parallel
Satpura Range to the south. The northern slopes of the range are drained by tributaries of the
Ganges, including the
Kali Sindh,
Parbati,
Betwa, and
Ken. The
Son, a tributary of the Ganges, drains the southern slopes of the range at its eastern end.
The
Vindhyan tableland is a plateau that lies to the north of the central part of the range. The cities of
Bhopal, the capital of Madhya Pradesh, and
Indore lie on the tableland, which rises higher than the
Indo-Gangetic plain to its north.
