{"id":95338,"date":"2026-03-28T15:19:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T09:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=95338"},"modified":"2026-03-28T15:19:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T09:49:09","slug":"patkai-hills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/patkai-hills\/","title":{"rendered":"Patkai Hills, Location, Peak, Features, Flora and Fauna"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Patkai Hills are a range of hills known for their natural beauty and rich environment. Covered with dense forests and greenery, they form an important part of the landscape in the northeastern region. These hills are marked by rolling terrain, deep valleys, and a pleasant natural setting. The area is known for its rich biodiversity, with a variety of plants and animals found in the forests.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Patkai Hills Features<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Located in Northeast India along the India-Myanmar border; spread across Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, and Manipur, extending into Myanmar<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Part of the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/purvanchal-hills\/\" target=\"_blank\">Purvanchal Hills<\/a><\/strong> (Eastern Highlands) and connected with Naga Hills, Manipur Hills, and Mizo (Lushai) Hills<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Formed during the Mesozoic era due to tectonic activity and collision of the Indian Plate with the Eurasian Plate<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Associated with the <\/span><b>syntaxial bend<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the Himalayas near the Dihang Gorge<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Classified as fold mountains, lower and less rugged than the Himalayas<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Characterized by parallel north-south ridges, steep slopes, deep valleys, and conical peaks<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Average elevation ranges between 2,000 to 3,000 meters<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Mount Saramati <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(3,826 m) is the highest peak (in adjoining Naga Hills)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Composed mainly of sedimentary rocks, especially sandstone<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Region has multiple faults and is geologically unstable<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Experiences tropical monsoon climate with heavy rainfall<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Covered with dense tropical evergreen and semi-evergreen forests<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rich in biodiversity, forming part of an important ecological zone in Northeast India<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Acts as a watershed region; rivers like the Dihing River flow through it and join the Brahmaputra<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Includes sub-regions such as Patkai-Bum, Garo-Khasi-Jaintia Hills, and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/lushai-hills\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lushai Hills<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Holds strategic importance due to its location along the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/india-myanmar-border-fencing\/\" target=\"_blank\">India\u2013Myanmar border<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inhabited by various tribal communities practicing traditional lifestyles like shifting cultivation (jhum)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Faces environmental challenges such as deforestation, soil erosion, and ecological fragility<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Important Flora:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dense forests of tropical evergreen and semi-evergreen vegetation<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Presence of bamboo, cane, orchids, ferns, and medicinal plants<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Valuable timber species like teak and other hardwood trees<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Important Fauna:<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Home to species like elephants, tigers, leopards, and clouded leopards<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rare and endangered species such as <\/span><b>Hoolock gibbon (India\u2019s only ape)<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rich bird diversity including hornbills and pheasants<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reptiles and amphibians thrive due to humid climate<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Faces environmental challenges such as deforestation, soil erosion, and ecological fragility<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patkai Hills in Northeast India form forested fold mountains along India-Myanmar border, rich in biodiversity, rivers and tribal culture, but face erosion and deforestation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":94857,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[786],"tags":[4935,5102,6430],"class_list":{"0":"post-95338","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-general-studies","8":"tag-geography","9":"tag-geography-notes","10":"tag-patkai-hills","11":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95338"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95338\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95363,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95338\/revisions\/95363"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}