Describe the characteristic features of the Central Highlands.

A wide hilly belt bordering the west by the Aravalli range and on the east by the Vindhyan scarps is known as the Central Highlands. Its southern limit is the rift valley of Narmada. It includes one half of Madhya Pradesh, one third of Rajasthan and a small part of Uttar Pradesh.

Characteristic features : 1. The whole region is forested and is inhabited by the Gonds, Santhals, Oraons and Bhils.

2. It contains the Aravalli range, the east Rajasthan uplands, the Madhya Bharat upland and Bundelkhand upland, the Malwa Plateau, the Vindhyan scarpland and the Narmada valley.

3. The first four form the northern part of the highlands and the last four the southern highlands.