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The Chitteri Hills, also known as Sitheri Hills, are one of the segments of the Eastern Ghats mountain range of Tamil Nadu, India. The hills form a compact block consisting of several hill ranges, and contain tangled ridges and ravines running in the northeast and southwest directions, enclosing many narrow valleys (rivers), viz. Kallar, Varattar, Kambalai and Anaimaduvu.[1] They are spread over an area of 654.52 km2 within the geographical limit of 78°15’−78°45’E longitude and 11°44’−12°08’N latitude.
Topographically, the area is undulating with an altitude varying from 240 to 1266 m. The rocks on Chitteri hills are chiefly gneisses/granitic in composition. Soil is generally shallow and reddish-loam, varying in fertility and often mixed with gravel and boulders. Black soils are seldom found in the forests.
The minimum and maximum temperature of the area is 19 °C (in winter) and 40 °C (in summer) respectively. The annual rainfall varies from 620 to 900 mm and it received both northeast and southwest monsoons. The hills harbours various vegetation types such as evergreen, semi-evergreen, riparian, dry mixed deciduous, dry deciduous scrub and the southern thorn scrub forests.[2]
- ^ Narmada K.; Bhaskaran G. (December 2019). "A CRITICAL ANALYSIS ON THE COMMERCIALISATION OF THE FOREST ECOSYSTEM THAT AFFECTS THE EXISTENCE OF TRIBAL CULTURE AND CHALLENGES THE SUSTAINABILITY OF FORESTS OF CHITTERI HILLS, EASTERN GHATS" (PDF). The Indian Geographical Journal. 94 (2): 172–184. ISSN 0019-4824. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ Champion and Seth, 1968