Karnataka has three main physical zones - the coastal strip along the western coast, the Western Ghat mountain range inland from the coast, and the Deccan Plateau comprising the central region. The state has a population of over 61 million and its geography is defined by its location between the Western Ghats and the Deccan Plateau. It has a variety of mineral, forest, and water resources and experiences different climates across its zones including winter, summer, monsoon, and post-monsoon seasons. Major rivers include the Kaveri, Krishna, and several west-flowing rivers along the western coast.

1. Physiography of karnataka
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2. Introduction.
 Karnataka is situated on the western edge of the Deccan
Peninsular region of India. It is located approximately between
11.5° North and 18.5° North latitudes and 74° East and 78.5°
East longitudes. Karnataka comprises the Deccan Plateau, the
Western Ghats Mountain Range and the Coastal Plains.
 Karnataka is part of two well-defined regions of India: the
Deccan Plateau and the Coastal plains and Islands

3. Land forms of karnataka
 The state has three principal physical zones
 The coastal strip, called Karavalli, between the Western Ghats and the
Arabian Sea, which is lowland, with moderate to high rainfall levels. This
strip is around 320 km in length and 48–64 km wide.
 The Western Ghats, called Malenadu, a mountain range inlans from the
Arabian Sea, rising to about 900 m average height, and with moderate to
high rainfall levels.
 The Deccan Plateau, called Bayalu Seeme, comprising the main inland
region of the state, which is drier and verging on the semi-arid. The
humidity in these plains or maidans never exceeds 50%.
 Karnataka has one of the highest average elevations of Indian states at
1,500 feet. The highest recorded temperature was 45.6 °C (114.08 °F)
at Raichur on May 23, 1928. The lowest recorded temperature was 2.8 °C
(37.04 °F) at Bidar on December 16, 1918.

5. Population & people of karnataka
Karnataka has a total land area of 1,91,791 km² and
accounts for 5.83% of the total area of the country
(measured at 3,288,000 km²).
This puts it in seventh place in terms of size.
With a population of 6,11,30,704, it occupies eighth
place in terms of population.
The population density which stands at 319 persons
per km² is lower than the all-India average of 382.

6. Climate
 Karnataka has the following four seasons in the year:
 The winter season from January to February
 The summer season from March to May
 The monsoon season from May to September
 The post-monsoon season from October to December.

7. Mineral resources
 Karnataka is rich in its mineral wealth which is distributed fairly evenly across the
state.
 Rich deposits of, bauxite, chromite, dolomite, gold, iron ore, limestone, magnesite,
Manganese and silica sand and many more are found in the state
 Karnataka has two major centers of gold mining in the state at Kolar and Raichur.
These mines produce about 3000 kg of gold per year which accounts for almost
84% of the country's production.
 Most of the iron ores are concentrated around the Bellary-Hospet region

8. Soil types
the soil types are divided into six types
 Red
 lateritic (lateritic soil is found in bidar and kolar district)
 black
 alluvio-colluvial
 forest
 coastal soils
Red
coastal soils
alluvio-colluvial
black
lateritic

9. Water Resources
 With a surface water potential of about 102 kilometers, Karnataka accounts for
about six percent of the country's surface water resources. Around 60% of this is
provided by the west flowing rivers while the remaining comes from the east
flowing rivers.

10. Rainfall
 The southwest monsoon accounts for almost 80% of the rainfall that the
state receives.
 The annual rainfall across the state ranges from low 50 cm to max 350 cm.
 The districts of Bijapur, Raichur, Bellary and Southern half of Gulbarga
experience the lowest rainfall ranging from 50 to 60 cm
 while the west coastal region and Malenadu enjoy the highest rainfall.

11. Forests
About 20% of Karnataka's geographic are covered
by forests.
 The forests are classified as reserved (28.611 km²)
protected (3,932 km²), unclosed (5,748 km²), village
(124 km²) and private (309 km²) forests.
Karnataka is known for its valuable timbers from the
evergreen forests in the Western Ghat region,
notably Teak and Rosewood,

13. Waterfalls in karnataka
Lot of WaterFalls in
Karnataka.
 kadambi Falls
 Kalhatti Falls
 Anashi Falls
 Chakra River
 Vibhooti Falls
 Onake Abbi Falls
 Hanumangundi Falls
 chelavara Falls
 Kadra Falls
 gootlu Falls
 hidlumane Falls
 Godchinamalaki Falls
 Abbey Falls
 Bandaje Falls
 Barkana Falls
 Chunchanakatte Falls
 Devaragundi Falls
 Gokak Falls
 Hebbe Falls
 Irupu Falls
 Jaladurga Falls
 Jog Falls
 Kalhatti Falls
 Kunchikal Falls
 Magod Falls
 Mallalli Falls
 Muthyalamaduvu Falls
 Sathodi Falls
 Shivanasamudra Falls
 Shivganga Falls
 Sirimane Falls
 Vajrapoha Falls
 Varapoha Falls
 Unchalli Falls

14. Dudhsagar falls
Gokak falls

15. East flowing rivers
 26 east-flowing rivers.
 Amarja
 Arkavathy River
 Bhadra River
 Chakra River
 Dandavathi
 Ghataprabha River
 Hemavati River
 Honnuhole River
 Kabini River
 Kaveri River
 Kedaka River
 Krishna River
 Kubja River
 Lakshmana Tirtha River
 Malaprabha River
 Palar River
 Panchagangavalli River
 Penner River
 Ponnaiyar River
 Shimsha
 South Pennar River
 Tunga River
 Tungabhadra River
 Varada
 Vedavathi River
 Vrishabhavathi River

16.  kaveri
 Krishna

17. West flowing rivers
 10 west-flowing rivers,
providing 60% of state's
inland water resources.
 Gangavalli River
 Aghanashini River
 Kali River
 Kumaradhara River
 Shambavi
 Varahi River
 Souparnika River
 Sharavathi River
 Netravati River
 Gurupura River
 seethanadhi river

18.  Netravati
 Kali

19. Lakes
 Lakes in Davangere (Shanthisagara biggest lake in India)
 Lakes in Bangalore
 Mysore city lakes
 Unkal lake, Hubli
 Belgaum Fort Lake
 Heggeri Lake, Haveri
 Hagari Jalashaya , Malavi

20. Thanking you all….!!!!
by:- $uNiL .R. p@TiL