Anaimalai Hills

Anaimalai Hills

▪ mountains, India
also called  Elephant Mountains 

      mountain range in the Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu (Tamil Nādu) state, southern India. The Anaimalai Hills are located at a junction of the Eastern Ghats and Western Ghats and have a general northwest-southeast trend. Anai Peak (8,842 feet [2,695 metres]) lies at the extreme southwestern end of the range and is the highest peak in southern India. Formed by fault-block movements in the Holocene Epoch (i.e., about the past 12,000 years), the Anaimalai Hills descend to form a series of terraces about 3,300 feet (1,000 metres) high. Dense monsoon forests including rosewood, sandalwood, teak, and sago palms cover most of the region. The soils are mottled red and brown containing oxides of aluminum and iron and are used as building material mixed with mortar and in road construction. The Kadar, Maravar, and Pooliyar peoples inhabit the sparsely populated hills; their economy is based on hunting and gathering and on shifting cultivation. There are tea, coffee, and rubber plantations where the hills have been cleared of forests. Industries are mainly household and comprise basket weaving and the production of coir and coir mat, metal articles, and bidi (cigarettes). Srivilliputtur, Uttamapalaiyam, and Manur are the important towns.

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