DHODIYAM POTHOLE

(Mylavaram - IN)
14.933300,78.251400
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 27/03/2016

One of the »potholes« (note 1) or whirlpools which »have been created by the youthful streams either below where they fall or where tributary nalas [water courses] join them« (DUTT 1955: 121). SITUATION: »The Dhodiyam stream which flows on horizontal quartzites of the Gandikota plateau [note 2] creates a picturesque falls [sic!] at about one mile [1.608 km] east of Dhodiyam and has cut a deep pot-hole below the falls« (DUTT 1955: 119).

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 27/03/2016

NOTE 1: DUTT (1955, 1981) mentions »potholes« (whirlpools) called –>Bhirava Gundam, –>Chenchula Gundalu, –>Dhodiyam, –>Kannikala Gundalu, –>Pachagundalu, –>Pedda Ahobilam Potholes, and –>Varaha Gundam. NOTE 2: »The Gandikota plateau near Dhodiyam (14°56 : 78°14') is formed of horizontally disposed Cuddapah quartzites« (DUTT 1955).

Documents

Bibliography 27/03/2016
  • Dutt, N V B S 1955.

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