ED KING: KADAPAH AND KARNÜL FORMATIONS. [PART I. 
of the valley to the south of the watershed,* while Cuddapah lies at 
the southern end. 
From the latter town there is open country, or a system of valleys, 
A branch hollow tothe leading out with a curve to the north-west into the: 
' north-west from Cudda- 
pah, or the Taudapurtee 
rallcy. butary,—the Chittravutty,—converge and become 
Bellary District, in which the Penn-air and its tri- 
the one great river which has cut through the range of hills, separating 
this open country from the Nundyall valley. | ! . 
To the east-south-east of Cuddapah the central hollow of the country 
is connected with the chain of minor valleys extending south-south-east to 
the southern extremity of the field by a narrow neck 
"RD A between the Bankrapett and Polleonda urs of 
hills. The first of these minor hollows is that of Ontimitta, which is 
more or less open on its eastern side: then, after another narrow neck 
between the Kauculconda range and that to the west of it, the larger 
basin of the Chey-air opens out as the flattish coun- | 
DE CE OS try—diversified with a few hill ridges—of Nunda- 
loor and Poolumpett. Lastly, there is another narrowing of the sides ut 
the hollow in the Balbapully ridge beyond which is the small Balbapully 
jungle-covered valley where there is a narrow 
VOR A opening into the wide transverse valley of the 
Soornamookey river. 
On the southern side of this transverse valley are the southern out- 
liers of the KADAPAH rocks. i 
The system of valleys thus indicated, viz., those of Nundyall, and 
E sues that of Taudapurtee to the north-west, Ontimitta, 
rounded by hill country. — Chey-air and Balbapully, may be viewed as 
* Southward of Nundyall ; this is generally called the Khoond-air or Khondaur valley, 
from the name of the main river. The great canal of the Madras Irrigation Company is 
constructed right down this hollow. 1 
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