◾️ 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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