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Basaltic lava is found in the
Options:
A .  Indo-Gangetic Plain
B .  Deccan Trap
C .  North-Eastern Hills
D .  Himalayas
Answer: Option B
Answer: (b)
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 $500000 km^2$ (193,051 sq mi) and a volume of $512000 km^3$ (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 steplike hills forming the landscape of the region.

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