The district that holds the highest point in Karnataka at one thousand nine hundred and twenty six metres is the source of the Tunga and the Bhadra

Background

Chikkamagaluru is a Western Ghats district of Karnataka, whose coast has been closed to fishing for two days on a wind warning, so the district's hill and river geography is worth setting out today. Its district administration records the Chikmagalur Mountains, which are part of the Western Ghats, as the source of rivers like the Tunga and the Bhadra, and lists the Bhadra, Tunga, Hemavati, Netravati and Vedavathi among the rivers that flow throughout the year. The highest point in the district is Mullanagiri, which is 1,926 metres above sea level, and the page records it as the highest point in Karnataka. The district extends 138.4 kilometres east and west and 88.5 kilometres north to south. Forest cover is listed as 30 per cent, or 2,108.62 square kilometres. Average annual rainfall is 1,925 millimetres. The administration records that coffee was introduced to India from Chikmagalur in 1670, when the first crop was grown in the Baba Budan Giri range. Chikmagalur is 251 kilometres from Bangalore.