Nilgiri Hills

Nilgiri Hills : Nilgiris is the meeting point of the Western Ghats with the Eastern Ghats

Nilgiri Hills

The #Nilgiris is the meeting point of the Western Ghats with the #Eastern_Ghats. Here the #Western_Ghats again rise abruptly to over 2000 m. above which are two of its highest peaks, the #Doda_Betta (2637m.) and the #Makurti (2554m.).

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The Nilgiri Range is a great gneissic boss for which #Anai_Mudi (2,695 m) is the nodal point from which three ranges radiate- the #Anamalai in the north, the #Palni in the northeast and the #Cardamon Hills in the south.

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The highest erosional surface with a flat or undulating summit meaning that is not peak like is found in the Nilgiri Hills at elevations of over 2,000 metres.

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The highest peak of this oldest surface is 2,695 meters high, the Ana Mudi peak, meaning the one shaped like head of an elephant is a great gneissic boss of the Nilgiris.

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The rest of the Nilgiri has a different topography altogether having undulating terrain.

#Ootacmund (#Udhagamandalam), a popular hill station in South India, is located in a broad undulating valley at the foot of the #Doda_Betta.

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