Deccan Traps in India

The Deccan Traps of the Western Ghats!

The Deccan Traps are a large igneous province located on the Deccan Plateau of west-central India (between 17°--24°N, 73°--74°E) and one of the largest volcanic features on Earth. They consist of multiple layers of solidified flood basalt that together are more than 2,000 m (6,562 ft) thick and cover an area of 500,000 km2 (193,051 sq mi) and a volume of 512,000 km3 (123,000 cu mi). The term "trap", used in geology for such rock formations, is derived from the Swedish word for stairs and refers to the step-like hills forming the landscape of the region.

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