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ANAMALAI HILLS

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 913 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ANAMALAI HILLS  , a range of mountains in

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southern
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India, in the
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Coimbatore
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district of
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Madras, lying between 10° 13' and 10 31' N.
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lat., and between 76° 52' and 77° 23' E.
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long., forming a portion of the Western
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Ghats, after this range has been broken by the
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Palghat Pass,
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south of the
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Nilgiris . They really consist of a
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forest-clad and grassy tableland, with summits rising about 8000 ft.; the Anaimudi
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mountain, which is the highest in southern India, having an
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altitude of 885o It . Their
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geological formation is metamorphic
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gneiss, veined with
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felspar and
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quartz, and interspersed with reddish porphyrite . The
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lower slopes yield valuable
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teak and other
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timber; and some
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land has been taken up for
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coffee planting . The only inhabitants are a few
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wild tribes who live by
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hunting and
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collecting
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jungle produce .

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