2023-03-23 12:33:39
#Mountains_Hills_Peaks_India
Shillong Plateau Highland in Eastern Meghalaya and is an outlier of plateau of Peninsular India
Plateau's western, northern and southern end are Garo, Khasi and Jaintia hills respectively
Composed of ancient rocks and contains reserves of Coal, Iron ore, Limestone, etc
Shillong Peak is the highest point
Important Facts about Meghalaya
World's Largest cave fish discovered from Um Ladaw cave in Meghalaya's Jaintia Hills
World's longest Sandstone cave (around 24.5 Km) named Krem Puri is in Khasi hills
Further India's longest caves are present in Meghalaya
Meghalayan Age refers to 4200 years ago to present. It comes under Holocene Epoch. This was discovered after studying Stalagmites of Mawmluh caves in Meghalaya
Living Root Bridges are also a paradise to watch
Important places: Mawsynram, Cherrapunji (wettest place) in Khasi hills
In 2018 Mahabaleshwar of Maharashtra received more rainfall than Cherrapunji
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