Chota Nagpur plateau is a dissected plateau in India. It is one of the most important industrial region in India. It comprises of the districts of Ranchi, Hazaribagh, Singhbhum, Dhanbad, Palamou, Santal Parganas of Bihar and Purulia districts of West Bengal.
Chota nagpur plateau is divided into 3 physical features:
No other part of India is as rich in minerals as this region is. It accounts for 40 to nearly 70% per cent of the country’s production of various minerals—except petroleum.
Formation
The Damodar River flows through Chota Nagpur Plateau
The Chota Nagpur Plateau is a continental plateau—an extensive area of land thrust above the general land. The plateau has been formed by continental uplift from forces acting deep inside the earth.The Gondwana substrates attest to the plateau's ancient origin. It is part of the Deccan Plate, which broke free from the southern continent during the Cretaceous to embark on a 50-million-year journey that was violently interrupted by the northern Eurasian continent. The northeastern part of the Deccan Plateau, where this ecoregion sits, was the first area of contact with Eurasia.
Chota nagpur plateau is divided into 3 physical features:
- Ranchi Plateau,
- Hazaribagh Plateau,
- Kodarma Plateau.
No other part of India is as rich in minerals as this region is. It accounts for 40 to nearly 70% per cent of the country’s production of various minerals—except petroleum.
Formation
The Damodar River flows through Chota Nagpur Plateau
The Chota Nagpur Plateau is a continental plateau—an extensive area of land thrust above the general land. The plateau has been formed by continental uplift from forces acting deep inside the earth.The Gondwana substrates attest to the plateau's ancient origin. It is part of the Deccan Plate, which broke free from the southern continent during the Cretaceous to embark on a 50-million-year journey that was violently interrupted by the northern Eurasian continent. The northeastern part of the Deccan Plateau, where this ecoregion sits, was the first area of contact with Eurasia.
- Jahnavi Karumanthra