TOPOGRAPHY ANL 



lest Sal is found in the valleys on the detritus of haematite-schist 

 lis, while on no other formation does the large Sal ascend so high 



U.3. '!,<(/> <h/h > n> II ,>■■<< ' - li (i d\k -, ate very common, 

 id at least one hill, the Kit a-! -t. is composed 



ir u is strontrly magnetic and clothed mainly with grass and Phoenix 



the Dharwars, the best 



considerable deposits ot manganese, an ore very characteristic of this 



hi) /// kd'hijHi! ,j s,nlh,i hint I h< K i 1 ipahs is a formation 

 closely leM-mblmu the Condnanas and Vindhyans in many respects,, 



commonly limestones , , I >1 lies. Kxtet - . oi t. rops of limestone 

 such as are met with in the iii-i-h l-.m: in- •ii-tiiet- of Bilaspur and 

 Kaipur where the formation is better represented are not. 1 believe, 

 met with in our area, though the Gazetteer speaks of limestone of this 

 formation at Padampur.* The sandstones, as in so many other 

 cases, are chiefly I Hid scarps. They may be ob- 



served in the tow i built of them), 



where they are co te rains, and they 



extend west of that town to the boundary. They are also found south 

 of tl e M ii. ni di all ovei tin r.oropah.-u fori st i mgt . v 1m h extends 

 south nearly to Pahar-sigida. Th" 



isions. The 



he exposures along t 



tillages. Between Lj 



n Ambakhama and Santra the path first ( 



At Lol.ara-behra blocks of hamiatite occtu scattered on 

 ;e (cp. below, sandstones at Tikapara in Angul). Here both 

 1 sandstones are exposed, but the most remarkable exposure 

 ales is north of Ramadaga, not far from the Mahanadi. 

 zing the more flat-bedded shales become singularly bare of 

 tion, and the surface shows curious dendritic markings. f 





