ABOUT PERIYAR

Periyar tiger Reserve, Thekkady, is an example of nature’s bounty, with great scenic charm, rich bio diversity and providing veritable visitor satisfaction. Sprawled over an area of 777 Sq .km., Periyar is one of the 27 tiger reserves in India.

Zealously guarded and efficiently managed reserve is a repository of rare, endemic and endangered flora and fauna and forms the major watershed of two important rivers of Kerala, the Periyar and Pamba

Terrain & Geomorphology
Terrain is undulating with lofty peaks of over 1700 meters bordering the north and east. Towards the west it merges into an extensive tableland Mount Plateau of average elevation 1200 meters. From the edge of this plateau the land falls steeply to the thickly forested tracts of Sabarimala hills in the Pamba River basin.
The overall elevation ranges from 100 meters at Pambavalley to 2019 meters at Kottamalai.

Geology

Rock	granites and gneisses
Soil	laterite, fine loamy, with large amount of quartz gravel formed from crystalline rock.

Climate & Rain fall
The temperature ranges from 15ºC in December and January and up to 31ºC in April & May.

The Annual rainfall ranges from 2000 mm to 3000 mm.
Two–thirds of the rainfall occurs during the southwest monsoon from June to September. The northeast monsoon impacts from October to December. There are some pre-monsoon showers from mid April.

Rivers
Periyar and Pamba
Area of lake : 26 sq. km. (at max. water level)

Kumily
Kumily, the spice town, perhaps is the only town where you can experience the fragrance of Pepper and Cardamom. Kumily is the nearest town to Thekkady is just 4 KMs from the boat landing

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