The Rewa Plateau covers a portion of

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in the

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Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (, ; meaning 'central province') is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Ujjain, Gwalior, Sagar, and Rewa being the other major cities. Madhya Pradesh is the second ...

. The Rewa Plateau lies between the Kaimur Range in the south and

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or Binj Pahar in the north. To the north of the Binj Pahar are the alluvial plains known as Uprihar. The plateau covers the Huzur, Sirmaur and

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tehsils of Rewa district. The height decreases from south to north. The Kaimur Range is more than . The alluvial plains of

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are just around . A series of plateaux runs along the Kaimur Range. These fluvial plateaux, consists of a series of descending plateaux, starting with the Panna Plateau in the west, followed by

Bhander Plateau The Bhander Plateau is a plateau in the state of Madhya Pradesh in India. It has an area of . It links the Deccan Plateau to the south with the Indo-Gangetic Plains and the Chota Nagpur Plateau to the north and east respectively. The plateau is pa ...

and Rewa Plateau and ending with

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in the east.

Alluvium

The

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valley separates the Rewa Plateau from the Satna Plateau. Because of the flatness they can also be called high plains. Only the southern part of the Rewa Plateau is hilly. The Rewa plateau from Rehli in the southwest to Satna in the northeast is covered with alluvium of the Pleistocene and recent periods.

Rivers and waterfalls

The plateau is drained by the Tamas or Tons and the

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and their tributaries. Tke Kaimur Range forms the watershed between the two rivers. Most of the rivers originate in the Kaimur Range. Significant waterfalls on the Tamas or Tons and its tributaries, as they come down from the Rewa Plateau, are:

Chachai Falls Chachai Falls is in Rewa district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is the 23rd highest waterfall in India. The Falls The Chachai Falls is on the Beehad River, a tributary of Tamsa or Tons River as it comes down from the Rewa Plateau. ...

(127m) on the Bihad River, a tributary of the Tamas, the

Keoti Falls Keoti Falls (also spelt Kevti) is in Rewa district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is the 24th highest waterfall in India. The Falls The Keoti Falls is on the Mahana river, a tributary of Tamsa or Tons River as it comes down from th ...

(98m) on the Mahana River, a tributary of the Tamas,

Bahuti Falls The Bahuti Falls is a waterfall in Rewa district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is the highest waterfall in Madhya Pradesh. The Falls Bahuti is the waterfall in Madhya Pradesh. It is on the river Nihai (also called as Odda) as it r ...

(145m) on the Odda River, a tributary of the Belah River, which is itself a tributary of the Tamas, and

Purwa Falls The Purwa Falls is a waterfall in Rewa district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (, ; meaning 'central province') is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Ujjain ...

(70m) on the Tamsa or Tons.

References

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