North Karnataka

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North Karnataka is a relatively arid expanse of plateau, lying between 300 and 700 meters elevation. It covers the Belgaum District, Bellary District, Bidar District, Bijapur District, Bagalkot District Chikmagalur District, Chitradurga District, Hubli-Dharwad District, Gulbarga District, Raichur District, and Shimoga District. It is drained by the Krishna River and its tributaries the Bhima, 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 the Telingana region of Andhra Pradesh.