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Tamil Nadu Geography

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Jun 25, 2022 • 8 tweets • 5 min read • Read on X

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#TamilNadu often seen as a flat/plain state. But TN has the highest land area above 1000m and 2000m height in south India also in "Non-Himalayan" India. TN has 5312sqkm area above 1000m height, 875sqkm land area above 2000m. At the same time, 85% the state lies below 500m. 1/7

Tamil Nadu also has highest number of people living above 2000m in Non-Himalayan India. But when we add Himalayan state, old J&K (incl PoK) has ~1,41,000sqkm area situated above 4000m height😯. Arunachal, Himachal, Uttarakhand all has huge land area above 4000m height. 2/7

#TamilNadu also ecologically a diverse state, with marine reserve, diverse forest type from every green forest to thorny scrub, wetlands/mangroves, coral reeves, rich sand-dunes, large delta. It has 4 sea coast each with unique character, 17 bird sanctuaries. 3/7

After Himalaya, many animals named after Nilgiri hills. Nation's first Bio-sphere reserve & marine reserve of are from #TamilNadu. Some species named after Nilgiri's are
Nilgiri langur
Nilgiri Marten
Nilgiri Tahr
Nilgiri Flycatcher
Nilgiri Wood Pigeon
Source-inaturalist.org 4/7

Nilgiri Blue Robin
Nilgiri Laughing Thrush
Nilgiri Flowerpecker
Nilgiri Pipit
Nilgiri Sholakili
Nilgiri Thrush
Nilgiri forest lizard
Hemiphyllodactylus nilgiriensis
subdoluseps nilgiriensis
Zakerana nilagirica
Nilgiri Round-eyed Gecko
Nilgiri Burrowing Snake
5/7

Alcis nilgirica
Nilgiri Danio
Nilgiris Dubuis
Nilgiri keelback
Nilgiri Palm Squirrel
Nilgiri Four-Ring
The Nilgiri tit
Nilgiri Tiger
Fragaria nilgerrensis
Nilgiri Climbing Rose
Nilgiri Clouded Yellow..etc
Let us protect our Bio diversity and topography #Nilgiris 6/7

TN is known for its flora(plant) diversity(comes in top-4) & Amphibian diversity. With important bio-diversity spots like Nilgiris, Anamalai, Agastiyamalai, Meghamalai, Palani hills & Eastern ghats. All this in very high population density with less than 1/3 per capita water 7/7

The conclusion is, we live a diverse state that is worth protecting not just for us but also it has something to offer for entire world. As a region that is much below world average economic prosperity, we have lot to go forward but need to find a balance to protect what we have

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Tamil Nadu boasts many interesting physical geographical features within its 1,30,058 sqkm surface area. This thread🧵 list few of them
1. Let's start with Podhigai hills, forms the core of Tamil's history, it is home to five headed mountain peak called Ainthalai Podhigai 1/n

2. Theri Kaadu, an red sand dune desert like feature. spread across Thoothukudi, Nellai, and Kanyakumari districts. British planted many Cashew & Palm trees to stop the movement of Theri sands 2/n

Varanavasi Badlands (near Fossil Museum) in Ariyalur dt, the sedimentary rock formation that has largest collection of marine fossils in India that belong to Cretaceous period (6.5Cr yrs before). It is a wonder above and below the ground 3/n

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In the Navaratri session, many in northern India are fasting with Sabudana(Javvarisi/Sago) diet, Sago consumption peaks in India. Salem district in Tamil Nadu is called Sabudana/Sago capital of India, 80% of Sago comes from here 1/4
📷- Sago factory, Salem

Sabudana/Sago is used as a stable food in China for millennia, where it is made from Sago plants. But in India, Sago's are made from Tapioca(cassava). Tapioca was introduced to India(Kerala) during 1860's as a famine food, Sago is introduced to India in the early 20th century 2/4

The first Sago factory in India started in Salem in the early 1940's. Tapioca from Kerala is brought to Salem to make Sabudana. In the early 2000's, TN govt financially funded the industry as a sago cluster. Now, it is grown into a bigger industry with high-tech machines 3/4

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Kyrgyzstan govt called-off the rescue operation to rescue 47yr old Russian female mountaineer Natalia Nagovitsyna. She broke her leg on 12 Aug & got stuck at 7150m height during her Snow Leopard Expedition to Jengish Chokusu peak (7439m) in the Tian Shan range of Kyrgyzstan🧵1/5

Snow leopard award is given to a mountaineer who climbed all five 7000+m peaks of former Soviet Union. Three peaks are in Pamir range & two are in Tian-Shan range. Natalia lost her husband Sergei on 2021 at 7000m height while climbing Khan Tengri peak 2/5

In this month, Natalia was climbing Victory peak(Jengish Chokusu) in Kyrgyzstan with two other, at 7150m while trying to save her teammate she broke her leg. It is difficult to carry someone in this peak due to tough 3km final trek. Her teammate came down to get rescue team 3/5

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Aug 16

Everyone should know about the basic details of their state budget. In this thread, I am going to compare the budget of southern states(2024-25 & 2025-26).
Good budget will have zero revenue deficit, that is money required to just run the govt should be less than the revenue 1/7

Total budget & paying back the existing debt, last yr (2024-25) numbers are in bracket, (in lakh Cr)
State-Total budget-Debt paid
1. TN- 4.86L Cr(4.4 L Cr)-0.47 L Cr(0.41)
2.KA- 4.09(3.66)- 0.26(0.25)
3.AP- 3.22(2.7)- 0.24(0.25)
4.TG-3 (2.6)-0.2(0.18)
5. Kl-3.1(2.8)-1.1 (1.1) 2/7

Now, lets talk about revenue expenditure, it is the money spent to just run the govt incl paying back existing commitment like welfare..etc
State-Revenue Expenditure(in lakh Cr)
1. TN-3.73L Cr(3.4 L Cr in 2024-45)
2. KA- 3.12(2.84)
3. AP-2.5(2.2)
4. TG-2.3 (2)
5. KL-1.8(1.6) 3/7

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Cauvery has a basin area of 81155 sqkm, in that 66% of the catchment (1.32 Cr acres) is occupied by farmlands, 41 lakh acre(20%) occupied by forests that holds 23% of India's Tiger & Elephant population, 9 lakh acres of built-up area. Tiruppur dt has the native grasslands 1/3

Cauvery basin has only 16636 sqkm of forest, but they are one of the most eco-diverse forest in the world with many endemic species. They hold 8 national parks, UNESCO bio-sphere reserve, 24 wildlife sanctuaries, 6 Tiger reserves, 8 Bird Sanctuaries, Ramsar sites, Mangroves 2/3

Cauvery basin has an dams (excluding lakes) with capacity of 320 TMC. Cauvery is a multi monsoon river, where portion of the basin receive SWM, other portion receive NEM monsoon, so the existing storage help to utilize 100% of her average flow. Cauvery is a eco-diverse river 3/3

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Tamil's live as a refugee's across the World, ignored by the system. One such community live in the Katchal island of Nicobar Islands in the Andaman & Nicobar. As per Shastri-Srimavo pact, families of Sri Lankan Indian Tamils were resettled in the Rubber plantation of Katchal 1/4

When Govt. of India resettle the Tamil's in Katchal, they didnot de-notify the tribal areas, their region were under the ANPAT act(Andaman and Nicobar Protection of Aboriginal Tribes Regulation, 1956), it meant, they neither can own these lands nor can start a business 2/4

The management of Rubber Board in Katchal was transferred to local A&N UT admin in the 1980's, it was shut down in 2000's, most Tamil's lost the important livelihood. They donot own anything, except the estate given dilapidated hut. ANPAT law, restrict their livelihood 3/4

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