For ten points, name this high region of central India.
Its dominating feature is a flood basalt, in some places 10,000 feet thick, which formed around 65 million years ago when the area was over a hot spot where Réunion is today. Erosion then created a landscape with broad valleys and stepped plateaus, its namesake Traps. The area rises sharply from a coastal plain on the west and slopes downward towards the east. It is bounded on all sides by mountains, and the Western Ghat range interrupts humid air from the ocean, making the region much drier than the coast and subject to much less dramatic monsoon rains. For ten points, name this high region of central India.
Its dominating feature is a flood basalt, in some places 10,000 feet thick, which formed around 65 million years ago when the area was over a hot spot where Réunion is today.
{Deccan} plateau