GOLLALERU UNDERCUT
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Description
NOTE 1: Having visited the spot in December 1983, I strongly recommand to forget the undercut but to visit the place anyhow because ubiquiteous quarrying frenzy turns (1990ies) the limestone country of Kurnool into a desolate waste-scape leaving little except spoil and monotonous alternations of scorched grass and "goat-resitant" shrubs and bubul trees (conf. Acacia arabica aut Acacia mangium). The walk to the Gollaleru falls, however, had offered in winter 1983/84 the sight of true trees and the water fall itself served as a world-class open-air shower.
DUTT, N V B S (1955: 119, 1962b: 552, 1981: 13 and figure 8 facing p. 3) reported a relatively high and wide but shallow undercut from a location behind a waterfall scooping out soft Auk shale below a caprock of more resistant Paniam Quartzite (note 1). The 45 m high waterfall on the Gollaleru falls from the Uppalapaddu plateau and erodes the undercut in the back of a kona (pocket valley) situated at a distance of about 3 km north-west of the Owk (Auk, Avuku) Rest House.
Caves nearby
| Distance (km) | Name | Length (m) | Depth (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.4 | NELA BILAM, Cherlopalle, 1st | ||
| 3.6 | NELA BILAM, Cherlopalle, 2nd | ||
| 4.2 | UPPALAPADDE TALUS CAVE | ||
| 7.3 | NAGABUSHI GONDI CAVE | ||
| 8.7 | RAMARAM NAGABUSHIGONDI CAVE 2 | ||
| 11.9 | CHIRUTIPULLI - VEEPAMANI GUHALU | ||
| 11.9 | NELA BILAM, Belum village | ||
| 12.3 | Belum Caves | ||
| 12.4 | BELUM GUHALU |