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POPULATION
3.18 CRORES (CENSUS, 2001) SIDE OF SUPPORT SQUARE 35 m POPULATION DENSITY : 819/ km 2 HIGHEST IN LOWLAND AND NEARLY SO IN MIDLAND AND DENSE POCKETS IN HIGHLAND. CHIEF MEANS OF LIVELIHOOD : NATURAL / AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES
CLIMATE
RAINFALL : 180 300cm
PHYSIOGRAPHY& GEOLOGY
CLASS HIGH HIGHLAND ELEV., M AREA, KM2 GEOLOGIC SKETCH
> 600.0
HIGHLAND
75.0 - 600.0
PRE-CAMBRIANCRYSTALLINE 7420 ROCKS CHARNOCKITES, KHONDALITES, GRANITE INTRUSIVES, 14357 YOUNGER DYKES LATERITE COVER AT LOWER ALTITUDES 13476 3610
GEOLOGY
ROCKS : IGNEOUS, SEDIMENTARY & METAMORPHIC TYPES
STRUCTURE: MICRO & MACRO & LARGE SCALE
WATER RESOURCE
41 WEST FLOWING & 3 EAST FLOWING RIVERS UNDER 2 DAYS RESIDENCE TIME FOR RAIN WATER LINEAMENTS - RECHARGE CONDUIT PERCAPITA ENTITLEMENT RAIN : 9450 LPD SURFACE WATER : 1022 LPD GROUND WATER : 590 LPD
Total
1,270,000.0
425.0
6422.40
21240.0
TF OF BS = 3600 T VOL. OF 4.0 MT, THEN = 111.1m3 OR A 1m THICK SLAB OF BLACK SAND CAKE SPREAD OVER 1.1 km2 OR 111.1 ha
1.11 HA 1.0 m
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II
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ROCK WEATHERING
ROCKS WEATHER TO LATERITE IN TROPICAL MONSOON CLIMATE
A PROCESS TAKING ~1MA/METER SAND MAKING: A SLOW PROCESS. (@ 1mi/YR OR LOWER DENUDATION) DEMAND FOR SAND: ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE LARGER THAN MAKING
RIVER SAND = >90% QUARTZ SP. GRAVITY = 2.65; HARDNESS = 6 CHEMICALLY INERT CHERTHALAI GLASS SAND & GOLDEN BEACHE SAND- QUARTZ
COMMON CRYSTALLINE ROCK: = Q0.33+F0.66+A0.01 SP.GRAVITY: ~2.75 1 m3 = 2.75 T & QUARTZ IS 0.9 TRUCK LOADS
SO SAND OF MODERN OR ANCIENT RIVER CHANNELS WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO SUPPORT DEMAND OF INDUSTRY. MUST LOOK FOR ALTERNATIVES LIKE CRUSHER SAND, SEA BED SAND OR FLYSAH.