Sharavati, the Glossary
Sharavati is a river which originates and flows entirely within the state of Karnataka in India.[1]
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- Geography of Shimoga district
- Rivers of the Western Ghats
Alfisol
Alfisols are a soil order in USDA soil taxonomy.
Ambuthirtha
Ambuthirtha is a culturally significant mountain located approximately 15 km (9 mi) from the village of Thirthahalli, in the Shimoga District of Karnataka, India. Sharavati and Ambuthirtha are geography of Shimoga district.
Amphibian
Amphibians are ectothermic, anamniotic, four-limbed vertebrate animals that constitute the class Amphibia.
Aporosa
Aporosa is a genus of flowering plant belonging to the family Phyllanthaceae, first described as a genus in 1825.
Arabian Sea
The Arabian Sea (हिन्दी|Hindī: सिंधु सागर, baḥr al-ʿarab) is a region of sea in the northern Indian Ocean, bounded on the west by the Arabian Peninsula, Gulf of Aden and Guardafui Channel, on the northwest by Gulf of Oman and Iran, on the north by Pakistan, on the east by India, and on the southeast by the Laccadive Sea and the Maldives, on the southwest by Somalia.
Bagridae
The Bagridae are a family of catfish that are native to Africa (Bagrus) and Asia (all other genera) from Japan to Borneo.
Barkana Falls
The Barkana Falls, formed by Seetha River, is a waterfall located near Agumbe in Shimoga district of state of Karnataka, India and the water falls is among the ten highest waterfalls in India. Sharavati and Barkana Falls are geography of Shimoga district.
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Batasio
Batasio is a genus of catfish of the family Bagridae.
Biodiversity
Biodiversity (or biological diversity) is the variety and variability of life on Earth.
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Birdwatching
Birdwatching, or birding, is the observing of birds, either as a recreational activity or as a form of citizen science.
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Black panther
A black panther is the melanistic colour variant of the leopard (Panthera pardus) and the jaguar (Panthera onca).
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Bonnet macaque
The bonnet macaque (Macaca radiata), also known as zati,Chambers English Dictionary is a species of macaque endemic to southern India.
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Buffer zone
A buffer zone is a neutral zonal area that lies between two or more bodies of land, usually pertaining to countries.
Calophyllum
Calophyllum is a genus of tropical flowering plants in the family Calophyllaceae.
Canoeing
Canoeing is an activity which involves paddling a canoe with a single-bladed paddle.
Careya
Careya is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lecythidaceae.
Caryota
Caryota is a genus of palm trees.
Chevrotain
Chevrotains, or mouse-deer, are diminutive, even-toed ungulates that make up the family Tragulidae, and are the only living members of the infraorder Tragulina.
Chital
The chital or cheetal (Axis axis), also known as the spotted deer, chital deer and axis deer, is a deer species native to the Indian subcontinent.
Colobinae
The Colobinae or leaf-eating monkeys are a subfamily of the Old World monkey family that includes 61 species in 11 genera, including the black-and-white colobus, the large-nosed proboscis monkey, and the gray langurs.
Conglomerate (geology)
Conglomerate is a clastic sedimentary rock that is composed of a substantial fraction of rounded to subangular gravel-size clasts.
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Crocodile
Crocodiles (family Crocodylidae) or true crocodiles are large semiaquatic reptiles that live throughout the tropics in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australia.
Dalbergia latifolia
Dalbergia latifolia (synonym Dalbergia emarginata) is a premier timber species, also known as the Indian rosewood (Tamil / தமிழ்: Eetti / ஈட்டி) (Telugu / తెలుగు: Irugudu/ ఇరుగుడు).
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Deciduous
In the fields of horticulture and botany, the term deciduous means "falling off at maturity" and "tending to fall off", in reference to trees and shrubs that seasonally shed leaves, usually in the autumn; to the shedding of petals, after flowering; and to the shedding of ripe fruit.
Dharwad
Dharwad (Kannada pronunciation)(), also known as Dharwar, is a city located in the northwestern part of the Indian state of Karnataka.
Diatom
A diatom (Neo-Latin diatoma) is any member of a large group comprising several genera of algae, specifically microalgae, found in the oceans, waterways and soils of the world.
Dillenia
Dillenia is a genus of flowering evergreen or semi-evergreen trees and shrubs in the family Dilleniaceae, native to tropical and subtropical regions of southern Asia, Australasia, and the Indian Ocean islands.
Dipterocarpus
D. retusus'' in Köhler Dipterocarpus is a genus of flowering plants and the type genus of family Dipterocarpaceae.
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Endemism
Endemism is the state of a species only being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere.
Entisol
Entisols are soils, as defined under USDA soil taxonomy, that do not show any profile development other than an A-horizon (or “A” horizon).
Evergreen
In botany, an evergreen is a plant which has foliage that remains green and functional throughout the year.
Free-ranging dog
A free-ranging dog is a dog that is not confined to a yard or house.
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Gneiss
Gneiss is a common and widely distributed type of metamorphic rock.
Granite
Granite is a coarse-grained (phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase.
Granodiorite
Granodiorite is a coarse-grained (phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock similar to granite, but containing more plagioclase feldspar than orthoclase feldspar.
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Greater racket-tailed drongo
The greater racket-tailed drongo (Dicrurus paradiseus) is a medium-sized Asian bird which is distinctive in having elongated outer tail feathers with webbing restricted to the tips.
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Greywacke
Greywacke or graywacke (German grauwacke, signifying a grey, earthy rock) is a variety of sandstone generally characterized by its hardness, dark color, and poorly sorted angular grains of quartz, feldspar, and small rock fragments or sand-size lithic fragments set in a compact, clay-fine matrix.
Honnavar
Honnavar is a town in Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka, India.
Honnemaradu
Honnemaradu is a tourist place situated on the back waters of River Sharavathi in India. Sharavati and Honnemaradu are geography of Shimoga district.
Hopea
Hopea is a genus of plants in the family Dipterocarpaceae.
Hornbill
Hornbills are birds found in tropical and subtropical Africa, Asia and Melanesia of the family Bucerotidae.
Hosanagara
Hosanagara is a panchayat town in Shimoga district in the Indian state of Karnataka.
Humidity
Humidity is the concentration of water vapor present in the air.
Ichthyophiidae
The Ichthyophiidae are the family of Asiatic tailed caecilians or fish caecilians found in South and Southeast Asia as well as southernmost China.
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Inceptisol
Inceptisols are a soil order in USDA soil taxonomy.
India
India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.
Indian giant squirrel
The Indian giant squirrel or Malabar giant squirrel (Ratufa indica) is a large multi-coloured tree squirrel species endemic to forests and woodlands in India.
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Indian python
The Indian python (Python molurus) is a large python species native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.
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Jackal
Jackals are canids native to Africa and Eurasia.
Jog Falls
Jog Falls is a waterfall on the Sharavati river located in Siddapur taluk, Uttara Kannada District and its view point is located in Sagara taluk, Shimoga district of Karnataka, India. Sharavati and Jog Falls are geography of Shimoga district.
Karnataka
Karnataka (ISO), also known colloquially as Karunāḍu, is a state in the southwestern region of India.
Karnataka Power Corporation
Karnataka Power Corporation Limited (or KPCL) is a company owned by the government of Karnataka, and is engaged in the Service of generating electrical power in the state of Karnataka in India.
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Kayaking
Kayaking is the use of a kayak for moving over water.
King cobra
The king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) is a venomous snake endemic to Asia.
Kunchikal Falls
Kunchikal Falls is a waterfall in India located in the Nidagodu village near Masthikatte in the Shimoga district of Karnataka state. Sharavati and Kunchikal Falls are geography of Shimoga district.
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Laccadive Sea
The Laccadive Sea, also known as the Lakshadweep Sea, is a body of water bordering India (including its Lakshadweep islands), the Maldives, and Sri Lanka.
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Lagerstroemia
Lagerstroemia, commonly known as crape myrtle (also spelled crepe myrtle or crêpe myrtle), is a genus of around 50 species of deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs native to the Indian subcontinent, southeast Asia, northern Australia, and other parts of Oceania, cultivated in warmer climates around the world.
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Laterite
Laterite is a soil type rich in iron and aluminium and is commonly considered to have formed in hot and wet tropical areas.
Limestone
Limestone (calcium carbonate) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime.
Linganamakki Dam
The Linganamakki Dam was constructed by the Karnataka State Government in 1964.
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Lion-tailed macaque
The lion-tailed macaque (Macaca silenus), also known as the wanderoo, is an Old World monkey endemic to the Western Ghats of South India.
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Loriini
Loriini is a tribe of small to medium-sized arboreal parrots characterized by their specialized brush-tipped tongues for feeding on nectar of various blossoms and soft fruits, preferably berries.
Machilus
Machilus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lauraceae.
Metamorphic rocks arise from the transformation of existing rock to new types of rock in a process called metamorphism.
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Microhylidae
The Microhylidae, commonly known as narrow-mouthed frogs, are a geographically widespread family of frogs.
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Migmatite
Migmatite is a composite rock found in medium and high-grade metamorphic environments, commonly within Precambrian cratonic blocks.
Monitor lizard
Monitor lizards are lizards in the genus Varanus, the only extant genus in the family Varanidae.
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Monsoon
A monsoon is traditionally a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation but is now used to describe seasonal changes in atmospheric circulation and precipitation associated with annual latitudinal oscillation of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) between its limits to the north and south of the equator.
Muntjac
Muntjacs, also known as the barking deer or rib-faced deer, (URL is Google Books) are small deer of the genus Muntiacus native to South Asia and Southeast Asia.
Otter
Otters are carnivorous mammals in the subfamily Lutrinae.
Pangolin
Pangolins, sometimes known as scaly anteaters, are mammals of the order Pholidota.
Paradise flycatcher
The paradise flycatchers (Terpsiphone) are a genus of birds in the family Monarchidae.
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Petaurista
Petaurista is a genus of rodent in the family Sciuridae.
Phyllanthus emblica
Phyllanthus emblica, also known as emblic, emblic myrobalan, myrobalan, Indian gooseberry, Malacca tree, or amla, from the Sanskrit आमलकी (āmalakī), is a deciduous tree of the family Phyllanthaceae.
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Porcupine
Porcupines are large rodents with coats of sharp spines, or quills, that protect them against predation.
Precambrian
The Precambrian (or Pre-Cambrian, sometimes abbreviated pC, or Cryptozoic) is the earliest part of Earth's history, set before the current Phanerozoic Eon.
Quartzite
Quartzite is a hard, non-foliated metamorphic rock which was originally pure quartz sandstone.
R. N. Shetty
Rama Nagappa Shetty (15 August 192817 December 2020) was an Indian entrepreneur and philanthropist.
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Rama
Rama is a major deity in Hinduism.
Randia (plant)
Randia, commonly known as indigoberry, is a mostly Neotropical genus of shrubs or small trees in the Rubiaceae.
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Rat snake
Rat snakes are members – along with kingsnakes, milk snakes, vine snakes and indigo snakes – of the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae.
Reservoir
A reservoir is an enlarged lake behind a dam, usually built to store fresh water, often doubling for hydroelectric power generation.
Rhacophoridae
The Rhacophoridae are a family of frogs in tropical sub-Saharan Africa, South India and Sri Lanka, Japan, northeastern India to eastern China and Taiwan, south through the Philippines and Greater Sundas, and Sulawesi.
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River
A river is a natural flowing freshwater stream, flowing on land or inside caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river.
Sagara, Karnataka
Sagara is a city located in the Indian state of Karnataka.
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Sambar deer
The sambar (Rusa unicolor) is a large deer native to the Indian subcontinent, South China and Southeast Asia that is listed as a vulnerable species on the IUCN Red List since 2008.
Schist
Schist is a medium-grained metamorphic rock showing pronounced schistosity.
Shimoga district
Shimoga district, officially known as Shivamogga district, is a district in the Karnataka state of India.
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Siddapura, Uttara Kannada
Siddapura is a town and the headquarters of Siddapur taluk, It is located at a distance of from Sirsi through SH 93.
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Sita
Sita, also known as Siya, Janaki and Maithili, is a Hindu goddess and the female protagonist of the Hindu epic Ramayana.
Sloth bear
The sloth bear (Melursus ursinus), also known as the Indian bear, is a myrmecophagous bear species native to the Indian subcontinent.
Terminalia (plant)
Terminalia is a genus of large trees of the flowering plant family Combretaceae, comprising nearly 300 species distributed in tropical regions of the world.
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Thirthahalli
Thirthahalli is a panchayat town located in the Shimoga district of the state of Karnataka, India.
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Tiger
The tiger (Panthera tigris) is a member of the genus Panthera and the largest living cat species native to Asia.
True frog
True frogs is the common name for the frog family Ranidae.
True toad
A true toad is any member of the family Bufonidae, in the order Anura (frogs and toads).
Ultisol
Ultisol, commonly known as red clay soil, is one of twelve soil orders in the United States Department of Agriculture soil taxonomy.
Uttara Kannada
Uttara Kannada is a district in the Indian state of Karnataka.
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Vitex altissima
Vitex altissima, the peacock chaste tree, is a species of woody plant reaching some 20 m in height, in the family of Lamiaceae.
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Western Ghats
The Western Ghats, also known as the Sahyadri, is a mountain range that stretches along the western coast of the Indian peninsula.
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Wild boar
The wild boar (Sus scrofa), also known as the wild swine, common wild pig, Eurasian wild pig, or simply wild pig, is a suid native to much of Eurasia and North Africa, and has been introduced to the Americas and Oceania.
Windsurfing
Windsurfing is a wind-propelled water sport that is a combination of sailing and surfing.
See also
Geography of Shimoga district
- Ambaragudda
- Ambuthirtha
- Barkana Falls
- Dabbe Falls (Sagara)
- Dandavati
- Gudde Mardi
- Holebaagilu, Sagara
- Honnemaradu
- Jog Falls
- Kodachadri
- Kunchikal Falls
- Kundadri
- Seetha River
- Sharavati
- Shettihalli Wildlife Sanctuary
- Tungabhadra River
- Varada
- Varahi River
Rivers of the Western Ghats
- Aghanashini River
- Bharathappuzha
- Chaliyar
- Gangavalli River
- Godavari River
- Jagbudi River
- Jog river
- Kali River (Karnataka)
- Kallayi River
- Krishna River
- Mahé River
- Manimuthar River (tributary of Thamirabarani)
- Netravati River
- Pamba River
- Panniyar River
- Patalganga River
- Periyar (river)
- Periyar River
- Punnappuzha
- Saptalingi River
- Savitri River
- Sharavati
- Shastri River
- Sonavi River
- Vashishti River
- Welu River
- Zuari River
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharavati
Also known as Gerusoppa dam, Saravathi, Sharavathi, Sharavathi River, Sharavathi Wildlife Sanctuary, Sharavati River, Sharavati Valley Wildlife Sanctuary, Sharavati Wildlife Sanctuary.
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