Mikir Hills are a group of hills located to the south of the
Kaziranga National Park
Kaziranga National Park is a List of national parks of India, national park in the Golaghat district, Golaghat, Sonitpur district, Sonitpur, Biswanath district, Biswanath and Nagaon district, Nagaon districts of the state of Assam, Assam, India. ...
,
Assam
Assam (, , ) is a state in Northeast India, northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra Valley, Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . It is the second largest state in Northeast India, nor ...
. The easternmost
Meghalaya
Meghalaya (; "the abode of clouds") is a states and union territories of India, state in northeast India. Its capital is Shillong. Meghalaya was formed on 21 January 1972 by carving out two districts from the Assam: the United Khasi Hills an ...
comprising the detached Mikir Hills is partly isolated being surrounded by three sides
Karbi plateauor Mikir Hills is known as the oldest landform in Assam. It is pear-shaped and has an area of about 7000 sq. km.
It is part of the
Karbi-Plateau. Its highest peak is Dambukso.
See also
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Karbi Anglong district
Karbi Anglong district is an District, administrative unit in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Assam. It is an autonomous district administered by the Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC) according to the provisions ...
References
Hills of Assam
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