Question

Nallamala hills are located in the state of __________.
1. Meghalaya
2. Andhra Pradesh
3. Gujarat
4. Odisha

Answer 1

Hint:
The Nallamala hills area is a part of Eastern Ghats, and it is spread over the two states. The range runs from the north to south to Coromandel. During the entire year, the Nallamalas have a reasonably mild to hot climate.

Complete answer:
The northern boundaries of the hills are marked by the flat Palnadu basin, and in the south, it merges with the hills of Tirupati. The Nallamala hills have eroded over the years, and it is an extremely old system, and the hills have been exclusively weathered.

The Nallamala range rises to an average of 2,900 and 3,600 feet, which is 900 to 1,100 meters. Most of the parts of the hills are composed of jumbled quartzites and slates. The hills are rugged, sparsely populated.

The total length of the hills is 165 miles ( 430 kilometers), the northern body of the hill is in the Planad basin, and the southern body is in the Tirupati hills. It is 19 miles ( 31 km ) wide.

From the town of Cumbum, the peaks are in the North West direction, and there are many other peaks above 800m.

Thus, option 2. Andhra Pradesh is the correct answer.

Note:
The Nallamala hills stretch over Kurnool, Guntur, Prakasam, Mahabubnagar, and Kadapa districts of the states of Andhra Pradesh. It runs close to 430 km between the rivers of Pennar and Krishna. In the months of the South West Monsoon (June–September), rainfall averages around 90 cm and is concentrated. The fissured rocks prevent underground percolation of any water, and then most of the discharge runs off as mountain streams to join the Gundlakamma River, the largest river in these hills to arise.