Bayalu Seeme has a gently rolling surface, punctuated by several of the large rivers that rise in the Western Ghats and flow eastward to empty into the Bay of Bengal.[1] It is often subdivided into the northern and southern Bayalu Seeme.
Bayalu Seeme lies in the rain shadow of the Western Ghats, and is generally much drier than Coastal Karnataka (Karavali) and the Western Ghats.[1] The region was originally covered by extensive, open-canopied Tropical dry deciduous forests, characterized by the trees Acacia, Albizia and Hardwickia. But much of the original forest has been cleared for agriculture, timber,[2] grazing and firewood.
^ abChisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "India" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 14 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 376, 379.
^ ab"A Terrible Struggle". The Sydney Mail. 21 December 1889. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
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bayalu, seeme, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, march, 2018,. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Bayalu Seeme news newspapers books scholar JSTOR March 2018 Learn how and when to remove this template message Bayaluseeme or Bayalu Seeme is the area lying to the east of Malenadu a region of Karnataka state in India The area is largely open plain with few hillocks It includes the districts of Bangalore Bagalkot Bijapur Chitradurga Davanagere Dharwad Gadag Hassan Haveri Mandya Mysore and Tumkur Bayalu Seeme comprises the plains of the southern Deccan Plateau in Karnataka Contents 1 Topography 1 1 Northern Bayalu Seeme 1 2 Southern Bayalu Seeme 2 Vegetation 3 See also 4 ReferencesTopography EditBayalu Seeme has a gently rolling surface punctuated by several of the large rivers that rise in the Western Ghats and flow eastward to empty into the Bay of Bengal 1 It is often subdivided into the northern and southern Bayalu Seeme Northern Bayalu Seeme Edit Northern Bayalu Seeme is a dry mostly treeless expanse of plateau its elevation being between 300 and 700 meters It covers Belgaum district Ballari district Bidar district Bagalkot district Bijapur district Chitradurga district Dharwad district Kalaburagi district and Raichur district It is drained by the Krishna River and its tributaries the Bhima River Ghataprabha River Malaprabha River and Tungabhadra River It mostly lies within the Deccan thorn scrub forests ecoregion which extends north into eastern Maharashtra and east into Telangana Southern Bayalu Seeme Edit Southern Bayalu Seeme also known as the Southern Karnataka Plateau is made up of the low rolling granite hills from 600 to 900 meters elevation It is bounded on the west by the Western Ghats and on the south and east by ranges of hills and on the north it drops to the lower elevation northern Maidan The plateau is drained by the Kaveri river along with its tributaries Shimsha Arkavati Kabini Lakshmana Tirtha and Hemavati The Palar Ponnaiyar and Uttara Pinakini rivers arise from the eastern region of this plateau at Nandi Hills It includes Bangalore Urban district Bangalore Rural district Chamarajanagar district Hassan district Kolar district Mandya district Mysuru district Tumkur district and parts of Chikkamagaluru district Most of the southern Maidan is covered by the South Deccan Plateau dry deciduous forests ecoregion which extends south into eastern Tamil Nadu Vegetation EditBayalu Seeme lies in the rain shadow of the Western Ghats and is generally much drier than Coastal Karnataka Karavali and the Western Ghats 1 The region was originally covered by extensive open canopied Tropical dry deciduous forests characterized by the trees Acacia Albizia and Hardwickia But much of the original forest has been cleared for agriculture timber 2 grazing and firewood Overexploitation of the forests for fuelwood and fodder has resulted in much of the original forest being degraded into thickets 2 and scrublands Canthium parriflorum Cassia auriculata Dodonaea viscosa Erythroxylum monogynum Pterolobium hexapetalum and Euphorbia antiquorum are species typical of the thicket and scrubland vegetation See also EditBangalore Division Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary Kaveri RiverReferences Edit a b Chisholm Hugh ed 1911 India Encyclopaedia Britannica Vol 14 11th ed Cambridge University Press pp 376 379 a b A Terrible Struggle The Sydney Mail 21 December 1889 Retrieved 29 December 2016 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bayalu Seeme amp oldid 1118358399, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
