Cumbum Valley, also called Kambam Valley, is a valley in the

Theni district Theni District is one of the 38 districts of Tamil Nadu state in India. Surrounded by hills, the district is located to the west of Madurai district. The town of Theni is the district headquarters. The district is divided into two natural div ...

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state in

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near the

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state border. This is the most fertile valley in south India, The valley includes lands between

Thekkadi Thekkady () in Idukki district is a town near Periyar National Park, an important tourist attraction in the Kerala state of India. The name Thekkady is derived from the word "thekku" which means teak and "adi" meaning bottom. Temperatures ar ...

Hills, Varusanadu Hills, and

Kodaikanal Kodaikanal () (English: ) is a municipality and hill station in Dindigul district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is situated at an altitude of in the Palani hills of the Western Ghats. Kodaikanal was established in 1845 to serve as a r ...

Hills. It is one of the few places in Tamil Nadu producing

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. Cumbum valley produces about 90,000 tonnes of muscat grapes and 10,000 tonnes of Thomson seedless grapes every year.Times of India, 23 June 2008

Places

# Cumbum #

Uthamapalayam Uthamapalayam is a town and a taluka headquarters in Theni district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is the southernmost States and union territories of India, state of India. The List of states and union territories ...

# Chinnamanur # Gudalur # Lower Camp # Surulipatti # Kamaya Koundan Patti # Hanumanthanpatty # Pudupatty # Rayappanpatty # Anaimalayanpatty # Ramasamynayakkanpatti # Paramathevanpatti

References

Theni district Valleys of India Landforms of Tamil Nadu {{Theni-geo-stub