THE ARAVALLI RANGE - Rachana Hosahalli
The Aravalli range are the oldest fold mountains in India
The northern end of the range continues as isolated hills and rocky ridges into Haryana state, ending in Delhi. The famous Delhi Ridge is the last leg of the Aravalli Range, which traverses through South Delhi and terminates into Central Delhi where Raisina hill is its last extension. It is one of the world's oldest mountain ranges. It dates back to a pre-Indian subcontinental collision with the mainland Eurasian Plate. The southern end is at Palanpur near Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The highest peak is Guru Shikhar in Mount Abu in Rajasthan. Rising to 5650 feet (1722 meters), it lies near the south-western extremity of the range, close to the border with Gujarat state. The city of Udaipur with its lakes lies on the south slope of the range in Rajasthan. Numerous rivers rise amidst the ranges including the Banas River, the Luni River, the Sahibi, the Sakhi, and the Sabarmati River.The Aravalli Range is the eroded stub of a range of ancient folded mountains. There are various human activities associated with aravalli range. Some are like mining, agriculture and collecting wood.
Mining- various minerals are found in aravalli range like iron, coal, and zinc. Agriculture- various farmer's daily bread is associated with arravali range as alluvial soil is found in arravalli range. Some crops are rice, cotton, etc.. Timber and various kinds of woods are also found. |
LOCATION OF THE RANGES.... |