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Rajasthan Topography.

Apr 4th, 2008 22:40
kumar gaurav, http://www.rajasthantravelsguide.com/

Rajasthan the largest state of India is frequently mistaken as a desert
as it encloses the Great Indian Thar Desert.
The State has an area of 343,000 sq km. The capital city is Jaipur. The
Aravali Range runs across the state from southwest Guru Peak (Mount
Abu), which is 1,722 m in height to Khetri in the northeast. This
divides the state into 60% in the north west of the lines and 40% in the
southeast. The northwest tract is sandy and unproductive with little
water but improves gradually from desert land in the far west and
northwest to comparatively fertile and habitable land towards the east.
The area includes the Great Indian (Thar) Desert.
The south-eastern area, higher in elevation (100 to 350 m above sea
level) and more fertile, has a very diversified topography. In the south
lies the hilly tract of Mewar. In the southeast a large area of the
districts of Kota and Bundi forms a tableland, and to the northeast of
these districts is a rugged region (badlands) following the line of the
Chambal River. Further north the country levels out; the flat plains of
the northeastern Bharatpur district are part of the alluvial basin of
the Yamuna River.
The Aravali outlines Rajasthan's most important division. The Chambal
River, which is the only large and perennial river in the State,
originates from its drainage to the east of this range and flows
northeast. Its principal tributary, the Banas, rises in the Aravali near
Kumbhalgarh and collects all the drainage of the Mewar plateau. Further
north, the Banganga, after rising near Jaipur, flows east-wards before
disappearing. The Luni is the only significant river west of the
Aravali. It rises in the Pushkar valley of Ajmer and flows 320 km
west-southwest into the Rann of Kachchh. Northeast of the Luni basin, in
the Shekhawati tract, is an area of internal drainage characterized by
salt lakes, the largest of which is Sambhar Salt Lake.
Shekhavati Painting, Rajasthan Holidays VacationsIn the vast sandy
north-western plain extending over the districts of Jaisalmer, Barmer,
Jalor, Sirohi, Jodhpur, Bikaner, Ganganagar, Jhunjhunu, Sikar, Pali, and
Nagaur, soils are predominantly saline or alkaline. Water is scarce but
is found at a depth of 30 to 61 m. The soil and sand are calcareous
(chalky). Nitrates in the soil increase its fertility, and, as has been
shown in the area of the Indira Gandhi (formerly Rajasthan) Canal,
cultivation is often possible where adequate water supplies are made
available.
The soils in the Ajmer district in central Rajasthan are sandy; clay
content varies between 3 and 9 per cent. In the Jaipur and Alwar
districts in the east, soils vary from sandy loam to loamy sand. In the
Kota, Bundi, and Jhalawar tract, they are in general black and deep and
are well drained. In Udaipur, Chittaurgarh, Dungarpur, Banswara, and
Bhilwara districts, eastern areas have mixed red and black and western
areas red to yellow soils.
Rajasthan is a northwesterly state of India. It is bound on the west and
northwest by Pakistan, on the north and northeast by the States of
Punjab, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh, on the east and southeast by the
States of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, and on the southwest by the
State of Gujarat. The Tropic of Cancer passes through its southern tip
in the Banswara district.
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