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[[File:Karnataka physical map.png|250px|thumb|right|Bayalu Seeme comprises the plains of the southern [[Deccan Plateau]] in Karnataka]]<br />
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'''Bayaluseeme''' or '''Bayalu Seeme''' is the area lying to the east of [[Malenadu]], a region of [[Karnataka]] state in [[India]]. The area is largely open plain, with few hillocks. It includes the districts of [[Bangalore]], [[Bagalkot]], [[Bijapur district, Karnataka|Bijapur]], [[Chitradurga]], [[Davanagere]], [[Dharwad]], [[Gadag]], [[Hassan District|Hassan]], [[Haveri]], [[Mandya]], [[Mysore]], [[Tumkur]].<br />
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==Topography==<br />
Bayalu Seeme has a gently rolling surface, punctuated by several of the large rivers that rise in the Western Ghats and flow eastward to empty into the [[Bay of Bengal]].<ref name=EB1911>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=India |volume=14 |pages=376, 379}}</ref> It is often subdivided into the northern and southern Bayalu Seeme.<br />
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===Northern Bayalu Seeme===<br />
Northern Bayalu Seeme is a dry, mostly treeless expanse of plateau, its elevation being between 300 and 700 meters. It covers [[Belgaum district]], [[Ballari district]], [[Bidar district]], [[Bagalkot district]], [[Bijapur district, Karnataka|Bijapur district]], [[Chitradurga district]], [[Dharwad district]], [[Gulbarga district]] and [[Raichur district]]. It is drained by the [[Krishna River]] and its tributaries the [[Bhima River]], [[Ghataprabha River]], [[Malaprabha River]], and [[Tungabhadra River]]. It mostly lies within the [[Deccan thorn scrub forests]]' ecoregion, which extends north into eastern [[Maharashtra]] and east into [[Telangana]].<br />
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===Southern Bayalu Seeme===<br />
Southern Bayalu Seeme, also known as the Southern Karnataka Plateau, is made up of the low rolling granite hills from 600 to 900 meters elevation. It is bounded on the west by the Western Ghats and on the south and east by ranges of hills, and on the north it drops to the lower-elevation northern Maidan. The plateau is drained by the [[Kaveri]] river along with its tributaries - [[Shimsha]], [[Arkavati]], [[Kabini]], [[Lakshmantirtha]] and [[Hemavati River|Hemavati]]. The [[Palar]], [[Ponnaiyar]] and [[Uttara pinakiniRiver|Uttara pinakini]]/Uttara pinakinirivers arise from the eastern region of this plateau at [[Nandi Hills, India|Nandi Hills]]. It includes [[Bangalore Urban district]], [[Bangalore Rural district]], [[Chamarajanagar district]], [[Hassan district]], [[Kolar district]], parts of Chikkamagaluru district, [[Mandya district]], [[Mysuru district]], and [[Tumkur district]]. Most of the southern Maidan is covered by the [[South Deccan Plateau dry deciduous forests]] ecoregion, which extends south into eastern [[Tamil Nadu]].<br />
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==Vegetation==<br />
Bayalu Seeme lies in the rain shadow of the [[Western Ghats]], and is generally much drier than Coastal Karnataka([[Karavali]]) and the Western Ghats.<ref name=EB1911/> The region was originally covered by extensive, open-canopied [[Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests|Tropical dry deciduous forests]], characterized by the trees ''[[Acacia]]'', ''[[Albizia]]'' and ''[[Hardwickia]]''. But much of the original forest has been cleared for agriculture, [[timber]],<ref name="SydneyMail1889">{{cite news |title=A Terrible Struggle |publisher=The Sydney Mail |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1302&dat=18891221&id=8pJRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VJMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7172,7165143&hl=en |date=1889-12-21 |access-date=2016-12-29}}</ref> grazing and firewood.<br />
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[[Overexploitation]] of the forests for fuelwood and fodder has resulted in much of the original forest being degraded into [[thicket]]s<ref name="SydneyMail1889"/> and scrublands. ''[[Canthium]] parriflorum'', ''[[Cassia auriculata]]'', ''[[Dodonaea viscosa]]'', ''[[Erythroxylum]] monogynum'', ''[[Pterolobium hexapetalum]]'' and ''[[Euphorbia antiquorum]]'' are species typical of the thicket and scrubland vegetation.<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Bangalore Division]]<br />
* [[Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary]]<br />
* [[Kaveri River]]<br />
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