CHINNA GARHI

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

A 60 m deep rift canyon in sandstone, complete with water dripping from high above into a deep clear pool (note 1) from where it sinks in a narrow cleft (note 2), probably a continuation of the principal fissure, to resurge in the form of a spring below by some fault or dislocation of the strata. CANYON DESCRIPTION: The formation of this range in the neighbourhood is a reddish white, and greenish sandstone, interstratified with shales of various shades of purple and green, and passing into quartz rock, or arenaceous schists. Large cavities occur filled with beautiful crystals of quartz and a little hæmatitic nodular or stalctiform iron ore. […] The rocks are distinctly stratified, having a dip of towards the North and East, varying from 12° to 6°. The joints dip by about 70°, and are crossed by others at nearly right angles, separating the masses into cubes and rhombs. The ripple mark is seen very distinctly on the lamina of some of the arenaceous schists. The soil is a light red and andy. The vegetation on the hill sides luxuriant. … amid a multitude of others I observed the Tectona grandis, Dalbergia latifolia, Pterocarpus santalinus, Erythrina indica, the Mimosa xylocarpa, Carissa spinarum and the Ixora parviflora used for torches (NEWBOLD, T J 1845c: 504-505).SITUATION: At one Chinna Garhi (smaller, younger, lower fortress) somewhere west of –>Pedda Garhi (upper fortress). CAVE CLIMATE: NEWBOLD, T J (1845c: 504) measured three feet (0.9 m) below the surface a temperature of 68.5° (20.3°C) when the air temperature was 80°F (26.7°C) in the shade and 86°F (30°C) in the sun.CAVE LIFE: NEWBOLD, T J (1845c: 504) notes hosts of small fish (Pisces) evading all efforts to catch them.andy. The vegetation on the hill sides luxuriant. … amid a multitude of others I observed the Tectona grandis, Dalbergia latifolia, Pterocarpus santalinus, Erythrina indica, the Mimosa xylocarpa, Carissa spinarum and the Ixora parviflora used for torches (NEWBOLD, T J 1845c: 504-505).SITUATION: At one Chinna Garhi (smaller, younger, lower fortress) somewhere west of –>Pedda Garhi (upper fortress). CAVE CLIMATE: NEWBOLD, T J (1845c: 504) measured three feet (0.9 m) below the surface a temperature of 68.5° (20.3°C) when the air temperature was 80°F (26.7°C) in the shade and 86°F (30°C) in the sun.CAVE LIFE: NEWBOLD, T J (1845c: 504) notes hosts of small fish (Pisces) evading all efforts to catch them.