The
Topography at Ranthambore
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At
the very outset, it has to be mentioned that Ranthambore comes across
as one of the most beautiful National Parks of the country. It has
a vast variety of terrain. A majority of the park is made up of
low undulating hills interspersed by relatively small
meadows and water bodies. The "Kachida"
area to the North-west consists of some of the higher hills
but are quite smooth and undulating.
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 The park has a lot of varying terrain |
The hills to the south behind the Ranthambore Fort, however are some of the highest and in the area and offer views of steep cliffs and deep gorges.
 The highest hills around Ranthambore rise to a maximum of around 500m |
These
fall under the "Jhalra" area. A little further
down in the southern direction brings you to one of the straightest
and longest tracks you are going to encounter in an Indian
wildlife reserve. This is the "Guda" area, where
on either side of this straight road stand a dense growth
of almost evenly spaced out trees. Moving even further
down to the "Kala-Peela pani" and Sultanpur
area, one could almost be fooled into believing you had reached
the lower hills of northern India.
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To the North of the park, the densest forest
cover can be found in the Bakaula and Semli valleys.
These areas due to their perennial supply of water, appear
a lush green even at times when the rest of the park is totally
dry and brown. The central area of the park consists of the main
flat land and also the three main water bodies. Padam Talao*,
Rajbagh Talao and Malik Talao.
* Talao = Lake