Write short notes on The Central Highlands.

The Central Highlands is one of the two parts of the Peninsular plateau. The Central Highlands is the part lying to the north of the Narmada river, covering a major area of the Malwa plateau. It is bounded by the Vindhyan range and the Satpura range on the south and the Aravalis on the northwest. The further westward extension gradually merges with the sandy and rocky desert of Rajasthan. The flow of the rivers draining this region, namely the Chambal, the Sind, the Betwa and the Ken is from southwest to northeast, thus indicating the slope. The Central Highlands are wider in the west but narrower in the east. The eastern extensions of Central Highlands are called Bundelkhand and Baghelkhand, while the Chotanagpur plateau extends further east and is drained by the Damodar river.