The plateau that has both West and East flowing drainage system is– (1) Malwa (2) Chota Nagpur (3) Ranchi (4) Hazaribagh

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(1) Malwa Explanation: The Malwa Plateau roughly forms a triangle based on the Vindhyan Hills, bounded by the Aravalli Range in the west and Madhya Bharat Pathar to the north and Bundelkhand to the east. It has two systems of drainage; one towards the Arabian sea (The Narmada, the Tapi and the Mahi), and the other towards the Bay of Bengal (Chambal and Betwa, joining the Yamuna).

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