Aravalli Range (India)

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Name (Latin)
Aravalli Range (India)
Other forms of name
Aravalli Hills (India)
See Also From tracing topical name
Mountains India
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata: Q626690
Library of congress: sh 88007724
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: Gupts, S.N. Lithostratigraphic map of Aravalli region, c1980.
  • BGN, Sept. 13, 1988(Arāvalli Range, mts., 25⁰00ʹN, 73⁰30ʹE; variant: Aravalli Hills)
  • Lippincott.
  • Rand McNally.
  • Web. geog.
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Wikipedia description:

The Aravalli Range (also spelled Aravali) is a mountain range in Northern-Western India, running approximately 670 km (420 mi) in a south-west direction, starting near Delhi, passing through southern Haryana and Rajasthan, and ending in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The highest peak is Guru Shikhar on Mount Abu at 1,722 m (5,650 ft). The Aravalli Range is one of the oldest geological features on Earth, dating to the Proterozoic era. The Aravalli Range is rich in natural resources and serves to check the growth of the western desert.

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