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The Imperial Gazetteer of India the Indian Empire( Descriptive)

1909

The Kabul river at the northern foot of the Safed Koh absorbs the drainage of the southern slopes of the Hindu Kush which from the far north extends its long level spurs parting the waters of many historic rivers among which are the Kunar (or the river Of Chitral) the Panjkora and the Swat. [...] The Kohdawn valley north of the city of Kabul ; the valley of Laghman from which the kabul river emerges by the narrows of Domandi ; and the valley of the same river near Dakka above the narrow outlet of its passage through the Mohmand hills are instances of this formation. [...] The Kashmir of the British holiday-maker is however The Vale of not the Kashmir of the Indus basin but of the basin of the Kashmir. [...] A little to the east of the Almora group is the opening through the hills effected by the chief affluent of the Gogra river which rises not far from the birtplace of the Indus the Brahmaputra and the Sutlej—that remarkable hydfographical focus contiguous to the Manasrowar Lakes. [...] It is at the head of the Bay of Bengal where the vapoubearing currents of the monsoon first strike the edge of the Assam hills south of the Brahmaputra that the greatest rainfall in the world is recorded.
government politics public policy
Pages
599
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.100009
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-xxxi unknown view
Chapter I.Physical Aspects
1-49 T.H. Holdich view
Chapter II.Geology
50-103 unknown view
Chapter III.Meteorology
104-156 unknown view
Chapter IV.Botany
157-212 unknown view
Chapter V.Zoology
213-282 W.T. Blanford view
Chapter VI.Ethnology and Caste
283-348 unknown view
Chapter VII.Languages
349-401 unknown view
Chapter VIII.Religions
402-446 unknown view
Chapter IX.Population
447-499 unknown view
Chapter X.Public Health and Vital Statistics
500-535 unknown view
Index
536-568 unknown view