Vindhya Range

Vindhya Range
Vindhya Range [vin′dyə]
chain of hills across central India, north of the Narbada River, marking the N edge of the Deccan Plateau: also called Vindhya Mountains (or Hills)

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  • Vindhya Range — [vin′dyə] chain of hills across central India, north of the Narbada River, marking the N edge of the Deccan Plateau: also called Vindhya Mountains (or Hills) * * * ▪ hills, India       broken range of hills forming the southern escarpment of the… …   Universalium

  • Vindhya Range — The Vindhya Range (Sanskrit: विन्‍ध्य) is a range of older rounded mountains and hills in the west central Indian subcontinent, which geographically separates the Indian subcontinent into northern India (the Indo Gangetic plain) and Southern… …   Wikipedia

  • Vindhya Range — /vɪndjə ˈreɪndʒ/ (say vindyuh raynj) noun a mountain range in central India. Highest peak, 1113 m …  

  • Vindhya Pradesh — (Hindī: विन्द्य प्रदेश, Urdū: وِندے پردیش) is a former state of India. It was created in 1948, shortly after Indian independence, from the territories of the princely states in the eastern portion of the former Central India Agency. The eastern… …   Wikipedia

  • Vindhya Mountains —    The Vindhya Mountains, 1,000 to 3,500 feet in elevation, are a range of hills forming a natural barrier between northern and southern India. They mark the northern edge of the central Indian or Deccan plateau. From Gujarat state on the west,… …   Encyclopedia of Hinduism

  • Vindhya Mountains — geographical name mountain range N central India N of & parallel to the Narmada River …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Vindhya Hills — /vind yeuh/ a mountain range in central India, N of the Narbada River. * * * …   Universalium

  • VINDHYA MOUNTAINS —    a range of hills, 500 m. in length, forming the N. scarp of the plateau of the Deccan in India, the highest peak of which does not exceed 6000 ft …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • Vindhya Hills — /vind yeuh/ a mountain range in central India, N of the Narbada River …   Useful english dictionary

  • Satpura Range — The Satpura Range is a range of hills in central India. The range rises in eastern Gujarat state near the Arabian Sea coast, running east through Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh to Chhattisgarh. The range parallels the Vindhya Range to the north,… …   Wikipedia

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