Summary:
It carries a lot of dust and sand along with wind, but Aravalis check the wind velocity.”Indeed, at one time, the forests in the Aravalis would give rise to seasonal rivers. And it is through the longest of the gaps (22km), called Singhana-Digrota, that dust storms blow into Delhi-NCR. For many years, the wellforested Aravalis acted as a constraint and checked the spread of the Indian desert towards upper Indo-Gangetic plains,” he explained. For many hundreds of years, the Aravali hills have been instrumental in shaping the climate of the upper Indo-Gangetic plain. From rainfall, temperature and aquifer recharge to soil conservation , biodiversity and ecology, every factor has been dependent on this millennia-old range..