The setting is undulating hillocks and plateaus. The terrain of Lawachara is undulating with scattered hillocks. The ground is of yellow sandstone and granite, forming small hillocks, plateaus and dips. Hillocks and plateaus represent the major landforms of the Chambal valley. This whole area is unfrequented with few paths amongst the grassy hillocks and low crags. Stretches of sand in the desert are interspersed by hillocks and sandy and gravel plains. Salem is surrounded by hills and the landscape dotted with hillocks. Open, uncultivated areas, with high bushes, trees, cliffs or hillocks are favoured as nesting areas. The terrain is dominated by mountains, hills, hillocks, and plains. The city is surrounded by low, rocky, and barren hillocks. Beyond were mangrove swamp and hillocks. The laterite hillocks of Ariyannur rise to about 50 metres. Guhiya river originates near Khariyaniv and Tharasani villages in Pali District in the hillocks. In the north-west are a few small detached hillocks, said to be of basaltic formation. There are of hillocks and of forests.