They are also called as tablelands due to their structure. A plateau might form when the magma inside the Earth cooled and is raised above the surface of the Earth’s crust. It can also be caused due to an erosion of a mountain generating lava.

Many plateaus form as magma deep inside the Earth pushes toward the surface but fails to break through the crust. Instead, the magma lifts up the large, flat, impenetrable rock above it.

Plateau. a flat, elevated land form that rises sharply above surrounding areas on at least one side, they occur in every continent and take up one-third of earths land. dissected plateaus. forms as a result of upward movement in the Earth’s crust.

Plain is an un-raised flat area. Plateau is a raised area of land with a flat top.

plateau. defintion. large raised area of mostly level land. sentence: central plateau makes up more than half of the country’s area.

3rd grade Landforms

Island. A naturally raised area of land, not as high as a mountain. Hill. A large body of water surrounded by land. Lake.

Neithal—Seashore Kadalon, the water god, is worshiped in Neithal. The inhabitants were known as parathavar, nulaiyar and umanar whose occupations included fishing, coastal trade, pearl diving and salt manufacturing.

List four themes of Mullai land God – Thirumal People – Idaiyar, Idaichiyar Occupation – Cattle rearing, gathering fruits Plants / flowers – Guava/ Mullai flower Page 8 3. What do you know about Sembulam? Mullai land is called as ‘Sembulam’ due to the presence of red soil.

The main themes in Palai are; food- rye, occupation- robbery, people or inhabitants- Eyinar, maravar and kalvar flowers- Patirippu and kongam pu, God- Kotravai. Their settlements were known as kurumpu.

Five landscape of ancient tamilnadu(kurinji , mullai, marutham, neythal, palai)

Palai was the dry, semi arid zone. As such there is no desert land in ancient Tamil country, the landscapes of Kurinji and Mullai, during the dry climate or in the time of rain failure, became parched and resulted in the formation of Palai land.

A thinai consists of a complete poetical landscape – a definite time, place, season in which the poem is set – and background elements characteristic of that landscape – including flora and fauna, inhabitants, deities and social organisation. …

These are Kurinji, or mountainous regions; Mullai, or forests; Marudham, the fertile croplands and plains; Neidhal, or the seashore, and Palai, the desert or wasteland.

Foxtail millet known as thinai in Tamil, Kangni/Rala in Hindi, Navane in Kannada, Korra in telugu and thina in Malayalam is first of millet varities that was used in ancient days. Foxtail millet is high in carbohydrates. It is rich in dietry fiber and minerals such as Copper and Iron.