Nature

Geology

Manikgarh hills To the south of the Penganga river and the Wardha river and western parts of the Rajura tahsil is the only significant basaltic trap region of the district. The high level 'mesa' or structural plateau, made up of horizontal basic lava flows, rises to about 600 metres abruptly from the valley floor of the Penganga and Wardha rivers at a bare distance of about 10 km from the river bed. The rise is through a steep scarp slope in a distance of about one to two kilometers for about 350 m above the valley floor. The plateau all over records the same height levels. Overlooking the Wardha river at the north-eastern edge of the crest of the plateau is situated in a picturesque setting the Manikgarh fort.

There are a few outliers of these basaltic hills extending as tongues of the main spur, towards the Wardha eastwards; these outliers overlie Penganga beds of shales and limestones. The Sonda peak and the Siddeshwar peak lie in these outlier hills.