Gangamoola: Difference between revisions

Gangamoola is a part of the Gangamoola-Aroli-Gangrikal range of [[Western Ghats]].<ref name="ran">{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/Archives/dec62005/spectrum113312005125.asp |title=Can the differences be ironed out? |author=Jayalakshmi K |work=Online Edition of The Hindu, dated 2005-12-06 |access-date=2007-08-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929103116/http://www.deccanherald.com/Archives/dec62005/spectrum113312005125.asp |archive-date=2007-09-29 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Having an altitude of 1458 meters above sea level, the hill is within the boundaries of the [[Kudremukh National Park]].<ref name="hgh">{{cite web|title=Upland paddies, Soppina Bettas and Multi-storeyed horticulture: an agro-ecosystem to preserve|url=ftp://ftp.fao.org/sd/SDA/GIAHS/ATREE_GIAHS_soppina_bettas_proposal.pdf|work=Online webpage of FAO|access-date=2007-08-28}}</ref> The hill is thickly forested and receives an annual rainfall of 575&nbsp;cm.<ref name="rain">{{cite web|title=Impact of Iron Ore Mining in Kudremukh on Bhadra River Ecosystem |author1=Jagdish Krishnaswamy |author2=Vishal K Mehta |author3=Milind Bunyan |author4=Narendra Patil |author5=S. Naveenkumar |url=http://www.wcsindia.org/sedimentreport.pdf |work=Online webpage of Wildlife Conservation Society, India |access-date=2007-08-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041015130926/http://www.wcsindia.org/sedimentreport.pdf |archive-date=October 15, 2004 }}</ref> The area in the vicinity of the hill is rich in [[magnetite]]-[[quartzite]] deposits which yield iron ore.<ref name="ran"/>