Satpura Mountains
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 Location of the Satpura Mountains |
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.jpg) Pachmarhi chain with Dhupgarh |
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| Highest peak | Dhupgarh ( 1350 m ) |
| location | Gujarat , Maharashtra , Madhya Pradesh (India) |
| Coordinates | 21 ° 59 ′ N , 74 ° 52 ′ E |
The Satpura Mountains ( English Satpura Range ; Hindi सतपुड़ा , Satapuṛā ) is a mountain range in central India ; it limits the highlands of the Dekkan to the north. The center of the mountain range is the Pachmarhi Hills with the approximately 1350 m high Dhupgarh (or Dhoop Garh ); they served the British as hill stations during colonial times .
location
The Satpura Mountains begin in the west east of the city of Bharuch in the east of the state of Gujarat and run along the border between Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh to the north of Chhattisgarh . It runs parallel to the Vindhya Mountains , from which it is separated by the Narmada River . It is bounded in the south by the Tapti River and in the east by the highlands of Chota Nagpur . The Satpura Mountains also include the Gawilgarh and Mahadeo Hills and the Maikal chain in the east.
Hydrology
In the north the water is led into the Narmada. The northeastern part of the Satpura Mountains drains into the Son River , the southeast into the Mahanadi and the south into the Wainganga , which flows into the Godavari . In the southwest, the Satpura Mountains are bounded and drained by the Tapti River.
nature
The Satpura Mountains used to be densely forested, but now the flatter areas have been cleared. Only a few forest locations have survived and were merged in 1981 to form the approx. 1425 km² Satpura National Park ; this is home to tigers ( Panthera tigris tigris ), gaure ( Bos gaurus ), red dogs ( Cuon alpinus ), collar bears ( Melursus ursinus ), four-horned antelopes ( Tetracerus quadricornis ) and stag goat antelopes ( Antilope cervicapra ).
The east receives heavier rainfall from the monsoons and, like the Eastern Ghats, is covered with deciduous wet forests, the characteristic species of which is the sal tree ( Shorea robusta ). The drought period becomes more and more extended towards the west, and the teak tree ( Tectona grandis ) mixes more and more into the vegetation, one speaks of deciduous dry forests.
Web links
- Satpura Tiger Reserve (English)