Deccan Plateau

E32693
geographical region physiographic region plateau

The Deccan Plateau is a large, elevated region in southern India known for its ancient volcanic geology, rich mineral resources, and major river systems that support extensive agriculture.

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All labels observed (16)

Label Occurrences
Deccan 126
Deccan Plateau canonical 124
Deccan plateau 16

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
physiographic region ⓘ
plateau ⓘ
boundedBy Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Chota Nagpur Plateau ⓘ
Eastern Ghats ⓘ
Indian Ocean ⓘ
Satpura Range ⓘ
Vindhya Range ⓘ
Western Ghats ⓘ
climate semi-arid in interior ⓘ
tropical monsoon ⓘ
country India ⓘ
dominantRockType basalt ⓘ
drainedBy Bhima River ⓘ
Godavari ⓘ
surface form: Godavari River

Kaveri ⓘ
surface form: Kaveri River

Krishna River ⓘ
Mahanadi River ⓘ
Tungabhadra River ⓘ
extendsAcross Andhra Pradesh ⓘ
Chhattisgarh ⓘ
Gujarat ⓘ
Karnataka ⓘ
Maharashtra ⓘ
Orissa ⓘ
surface form: Odisha

Tamil Nadu ⓘ
Telangana ⓘ
formedBy massive volcanic eruptions ⓘ
geologicalFeature Deccan Traps volcanism ⓘ
surface form: Deccan Traps
geologicalOrigin large igneous province ⓘ
hasAverageElevation 2000 feet ⓘ
600 metres ⓘ
highestPoint Western Ghats ⓘ
surface form: Anamudi region of Western Ghats
historicalRegion Deccan Plateau self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Deccan
historicalSignificance core area of many South Indian kingdoms ⓘ
influences monsoon rainfall patterns in peninsular India ⓘ
knownFor ancient volcanic geology ⓘ
black cotton soil ⓘ
extensive agriculture ⓘ
rich mineral resources ⓘ
locatedIn South India ⓘ
surface form: southern India
majorCrops cotton ⓘ
millets ⓘ
oilseeds ⓘ
pulses ⓘ
rice ⓘ
sugarcane ⓘ
partOf South Asia ⓘ
surface form: Indian subcontinent
richIn bauxite ⓘ
iron ore ⓘ
limestone ⓘ
manganese ⓘ
mica ⓘ
soilType laterite soil ⓘ
regur soil ⓘ

Referenced by (290)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Krishna → region → Deccan Plateau ⓘ
subject surface form: Krishna River
Deccan Traps volcanism → locatedOn → Deccan Plateau ⓘ
Godavari → isMajorRiverOf → Deccan Plateau ⓘ
Bengaluru → locatedOn → Deccan Plateau ⓘ
Delhi Sultanate → areaOfInfluence → Deccan Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Deccan (intermittently)
Hyderabad → locatedInDeccan → Deccan Plateau ⓘ
Aurangzeb → deathPlace → Deccan Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Deccan
Marathi people → region → Deccan Plateau ⓘ
Gondi → region → Deccan Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Deccan
Dnyaneshwari → regionOfCulturalImpact → Deccan Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Deccan
Maharashtri Prakrit → region → Deccan Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Deccan region
Maurya Empire → territoryIncludes → Deccan Plateau ⓘ
Telugu script → regionOfOrigin → Deccan Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Deccan region
Baramati → isPartOf → Deccan Plateau ⓘ
South India → hasPlateau → Deccan Plateau ⓘ
Telangana (parts) → locatedIn → Deccan Plateau ⓘ
Sri Krishnadevaraya → expandedEmpireInRegion → Deccan Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Deccan
Western Ghats → partOf → Deccan Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Peninsular Plateau of India
Western Ghats → separates → Deccan Plateau ⓘ
Almatti Dam → region → Deccan Plateau ⓘ
Indo-Gangetic Plain → separatedFrom → Deccan Plateau ⓘ
Indo-Gangetic Plain → borderedBy → Deccan Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Peninsular Plateau of India
Bellary → locatedOn → Deccan Plateau ⓘ
Bhima River → region → Deccan Plateau ⓘ
Mahbubnagar → locatedInRegion → Deccan Plateau ⓘ
Lashkari Zaban → associatedWithRegion → Deccan Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Deccan
Ghataprabha River → region → Deccan Plateau ⓘ
Ghataprabha River → locatedIn → Deccan Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Karnataka Plateau
Malaprabha River → region → Deccan Plateau ⓘ
Kistna River → geographicalRegion → Deccan Plateau ⓘ
Kistna River → crosses → Deccan Plateau ⓘ
Tungabhadra River → region → Deccan Plateau ⓘ
Nagarjuna Sagar Dam → region → Deccan Plateau ⓘ
Deccan Plateau → historicalRegion → Deccan Plateau self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Deccan
Karad → locatedIn → Deccan Plateau ⓘ
Nashik → locatedInRegion → Deccan Plateau ⓘ
Pranhita → region → Deccan Plateau ⓘ
Pampa → associatedWith → Deccan Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Deccan
Manjira → region → Deccan Plateau ⓘ
First Anglo-Mysore War → region → Deccan Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Deccan
Telangana → region → Deccan Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Deccan
Kadamba script → region → Deccan Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Deccan
Purna → locatedIn → Deccan Plateau ⓘ
Bhadrachalam → locatedIn → Deccan Plateau ⓘ
Shahu I → regionOfInfluence → Deccan Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Deccan
Nana Fadnavis → regionOfActivity → Deccan Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Deccan
Battle of Assaye → region → Deccan Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Deccan
Sambhaji → regionOfActivity → Deccan Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Deccan
Battle of Palkhed → region → Deccan Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Deccan
Battle of Palkhed → theatreOfWar → Deccan Plateau ⓘ