Agro climatic Zone

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Hilly zone

Soil type/s

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Red loam, Lateritic soil, Black soil, Red clayey soil. Major type is lateritic soil.

Rainfall

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Udhagamandalam and Gudalur taluks receive South West monsoon while Coonoor and Kotagiri receive North East monsoon.  The district receives an average of 1920 mm of rainfall per annum.