Think of Hampi's ruins (below) or Sravanabelagola (Karnataka), or Mt Abu (Rajasthan)?
#DidYouKnow, such isolated hill/ridge features that jut out from the surrounding plains are called #inselbergs?
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![Geology: inselberg formation at Hampi, Karnataka, India](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EbMMH3cVAAUlhNb.jpg)
Yet are most abundant in tropical regions with granite-gneiss outcrops, like those on the cratons across India, as also in the zones marked BCG, CGC, and SGT.
![Map in the publication, The Indian Peninsula: Geomorphic Lan](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EbMPZD0VAAAmcgl.jpg)
In #India, insolation (heat from sun's rays), rainwater, and rivers have shaped landscapes for millennia.
![Hampi's boulder inselbergs with the river Tungabhadra snakin](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EbMQNPVUwAAgDQi.jpg)
Yet in #India, Iron Age settlements & pastoral activity have created diverse features on inselbergs from rock pools to vegetated terraces, with rich biodiversity.
(Ref: Climate without Nature)
![Book cover: Climate without Nature, A Critical Anthropology](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EbMRI8JUYAYiHmN.jpg)
Hence, our #inselbergs offer a unique geo-perspective!
Some mistake inselbergs for wind-carved features, but their shape (which should offer least resistance to winds) indicates otherwise.
![Inselberg outcrop in Andhra Pradesh, India](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EbMU-o-UYAEEae8.jpg)
This book presents #India's inselbergs as a unique opportunity for inclusive #biodiversity conservation: nature & culture, as both have shaped the present-day environment.
Tropical inselbergs: doi.org/10.1590/S0100-…
$$ article: link.springer.com/chapter/10.100…
![Book cover: Climate without nature. Authors: Andrew M Bauer,](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EbMXBACUwAE2AhI.jpg)
India's inselbergs are less studied than those elsewhere & are sure to offer insights into #geology, #geomorphology & #biogeography!
FIN/