Central Deccan Plateau Dry Deciduous Forests Central Deccan Plateau Dry Deciduous Forests The Central Deccan Plateau dry deciduous forests southern India, containing large protected areas of natural habitat of the tiger. The Deccan Plateau is a large triangular plateau in southern India, bounded by the Western Ghats range to the west, the Eastern Ghats to the east, and the western Satpura Range to the north. The Central Deccan Plateau dry deciduous forests occupy an area of , in which the dominant natural habitat is or was woodland of "Hardwickia binata" and "Albizia amara" trees, located on the central and southern portion of the plateau. The ecoregion
Chota Nagpur Plateau Chota Nagpur Plateau The Chhota Nagpur Plateau is a plateau in eastern India, which covers much of Jharkhand state as well as adjacent parts of Odisha, West Bengal, Bihar and Chhattisgarh. The Indo-Gangetic plain lies to the north and east of the plateau, and the basin of the Mahanadi River lies to the south. The total area of the Chota Nagpur Plateau is approximately . The name "Nagpur" is probably taken from Nagavanshis, who ruled in this part of the country. "Chhota" (="small" in Hindi and Urdu) is also the name of a village in the outskirts of Ranchi, which