Tag: geography

Villupuram district is statistically identified as having the largest area of barren or uncultivable land in Tamil Nadu.

Many districts in Tamil Nadu, including Salem, Madurai, and Kanyakumari, face varying degrees of drought-prone conditions due to rainfall patterns and water resource management.

It is the largest power company in India with an electric power generating capacity of 58,156 MW . Although the company has approx. 16% of the total national capacity it contributes to over 25% of total power generation due to its focus on operating its power plants at higher efficiency levels (approx. 80.2% against the national  rate of 64.5%).NTPC currently produces 25 billion units of electricity per month.

The Nilgiri hills have a number of medicinal plants and a variety of flowers. Eucalyptus grow abundantly in the Nilgiris and is majorly used for curing cold. It is popularly known in India as Nilgiri taila. India has proved that Eucalyptus oil works as an effective expectorant and relaxes phlegm and mucous deposits in the nasal and respiratory passages.

The red soil is found predominantly in Sivagangai, Virudhunagar, Ramanathapuram, Madurai, Dindigul, Nagapattinam, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli and the Nilgiris districts in Tamil Nadu. The red or brown colour of the soil is attributed to the diffusion of iron content.

The Palani hills and Courtallam are well-known regions in Tamil Nadu for their rich biodiversity and the abundance of medicinal herbs.

Kurinji is a shrub that is found in the shola forests of the Western Ghats in South India. Kurinji flower is an endemic species in South India growing only in Anamalai, Nilgiris and Palani hills in Tamil Nadu. It does not grow in any part of the world. Nilgiri Hills, which literally means the blue mountains, got their name from the purplish blue flowers of Neelakurinji that blossoms only once in 12 years.

Tamil Nadu has a wealth of flora and fauna in the hilly regions and some of its major wildlife sanctuaries like Mudumalai and Anaimalai are situated on the hills of the Western ghats which is a habitat of elephants, tigers, bisons and a variety of monkey and deer. Of the 3000 and more plant species found in Tamil Nadu, a majority is found in the mixed deciduous forest of this region.

The black clayey alluvium rich soil is known as black cotton soil is found in parts of Coimbatore, Madurai, Dindigul, Thoothukudi and Tirunelveli and in patches in the districts of Kancheepuram, Vellore, Salem, Dharmapuri, Ramanathapuram, Virudunagar and the Nilgiris.