Mention any three major iron-ore belts of India. Write any three characteristics of its southern most iron-ore belt

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Mention any three major iron-ore belts of India. Write any three characteristics of its southern most iron-ore belt.

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The major iron-ore belts are:

1. Odisha-Jharkhand.
2. Durg-Bastar-Chandrapur.
3. Bellary-Chitradurga-Chikmaglur.
4. Maharashtra-Goa Belt.

Characteristics of the southern most iron-ore belt in India:

1. This has large reserves of iron-ore in Karnataka.
2. The Kudermukh mines located in the Western Ghats of Karnataka.
3. They are a 100 per cent export unit.
4. Kudremukh deposits are known to be one of the largest in the world.
5. The ore is transported as sluriy through a pipeline to a port near Mangalore.