Meghalaya Topography

Meghalaya state is geographically termed the Shillong Plateau or the Meghalaya Plateau. Meghalaya topography has many oldest formations of rock. The state includes the Assam ranges, the Khasi, the Garo and the Jaintia hills. The peninsular India extends towards the north-east as the Meghalaya Plateau. A portion of the state is covered by alluvium, which is brought down by the river system of Ganga and Brahmaputra. The gap is named Malda gap.

The height of the dissected Meghalaya Plateau lies between 150 meters and 1961 meters above sea level. The topography of Meghalaya Plateau shows irregular terrain in the northern and the western portions. Its southern part exhibits steep slopes.

The western part of Meghalaya plateau is as high as 600 meter above sea level. The major aspect of the Meghalaya topography of this region is the Tura range. Its highest tip is 1515 meters above sea level at Nokrek.

The eastern and central parts of Meghalaya plateau, that is, the Jaintia hills and the Khasi districts have river valleys, peneplains and hills with flat tops. The major feature of this region is the region of the central upland. One-third of the total area of the region to the east of the Garo hills is covered by this feature. The highest point of this region as well as the whole of Meghalaya state is the the Shillong peak, which has a height of around 1965 meter above sea level.

The Meghalaya topography includes many rivers. In the Garo hills, the main rivers are the Kalu, Chagua, Ringgi, Didram, Ajagar, Dudnai, Bandra, Daring, Simsang, Bhogai, Sanda and Dareng. Simsang is the biggest of them all. In the central and eastern parts of Meghalaya Plateau, the important rivers are Umkhri, Myngot, Digaru, Umiew, Umiam, Myntdu, Kynchiang and Mawpa.