Meghalaya [State] (English spelling)

Japanese: メガラヤ[州]（英語表記）Meghalaya

A state in northeastern India. It has an area of 22,400 km2 and a population of 1.77 million (1991). Its capital is Shillong. The three hill ranges of Garo, Khasi, and Jaintia, collectively known as the Shillong Plateau, are lined up from west to east at elevations of 1,300 to 1,800 meters, and the Shillong Plateau is a mountainous region almost entirely covered in forests. The Shillong Plateau was separated and isolated from the Deccan Plateau, and is based on the same Precambrian quartz and shale as the Deccan Plateau. It forms steep cliffs facing the Bengal Plain to the south, and the southwest monsoon in summer blows over it, bringing heavy rainfall.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

インド北東部の州。面積2万2400km2，人口177万(1991)。州都はシロン。標高1300～1800mのシロン高原と総称されるガーロ，カーシ，ジャインティアの3丘陵が西から東に並び，ほぼ全域が森林に覆われた山地帯からなる。シロン高原はデカン高原から分離，孤立したもので，同高原と同じ先カンブリア時代のケイ岩，ケツ岩などを基盤としている。南のベンガル平原に向けて急崖をなすため，そこに夏の南西モンスーンが吹きつけ多量の雨をもたらす。

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