konda

Japanese: konda
konda

...The Deccan Plateau stretches behind it, about 300 km wide in the north and 150 km wide in the south, to the western state border. It is a gently undulating peneplain plateau with an elevation of 300-600 m, with hills called kondas, crowned by huge granite boulders, rising here and there. The central part is covered with poor red soil made from weathered granite, but the northern end and the valley floor plains of the various rivers are covered with the black soil of the Deccan Trap.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "konda" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…その背後にはデカン高原が,北部では約300km,南部では150kmの幅で西の州境部まで広がっている。そこは標高300~600mのゆるやかに起伏する準平原状高原で,所々に花コウ岩の巨岩を戴くコンダkondaとよばれる残丘がそびえる。中央部は花コウ岩の風化したやせた赤色土が広がるが,北端部や諸河川の谷底平野にはデカン・トラップDeccan Trapの黒色土が分布する。…

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