ARAVALLI RANGE
The Aravalli Range is one of India's oldest ranges of Fold Mountains. The range of the Aravalli Mountains runs approximately 670 km in Northern-Western India running in South-West Direction.
· Aravalli ranges are an example of residual mountains. The current form of the Aravalli Range has receded to residual hill ranges due to degradation.
· Aravalli Range starting near Delhi, passing through southern Haryana, Rajasthan, and ending in Ahmedabad Gujarat
· An extension of Aravalli divides the drainage of Ganga and Indus from Delhi to Haridwar.
· The two main ranges of Aravalli include the Sambhar Khetri Range and the Sambhar Sirohi Range, situated in Rajasthan.
· Though largely forested in the south, it is mostly barren and thinly populated, consisting of large areas of sand and stone and masses of rose-colored quartzite.
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The
highest peak of Aravalli is Guru Shikhar near
Mount Abu, which is 1722 meters high.