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Melkkadu

Field guide

Terrain

Introduction

Geography

Climate, monsoon and forest

Knowing your terrain

Line drawing: to come

Cross-section through a valley bottom: stream, riparian strip, lower slope, the small rounded hills, hilltop. Hand-drawn line work.

Photograph: to come

The same ground photographed, in one wide view where the slope positions are legible.

Across gradients

Line drawing: to come

Transect drawing west-to-east, showing how canopy height and composition change with position.

Grasslands, sholas and belonging