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Calcutta Geographical Review June 1944

1944

The combination of the factors of folding and subsequent weathering by water and by air are the principal agents in the etching of the physical surface of the globe the process of différential erosion that takes place resulting in the formation of. [...] The march of the sand dunes before the wind is an interesting and beautiful phenomenon in the heart of the desert but where it means that the sand is encroaching further and further on to the arable land as in the region of Besheba in S. Palestine and in the Tarim Basin of C. Asia the problem becomes an acute one and a further illustration of the broad significance of geographic and geologic fa [...] Only with their exhaustion and the discovery of the coal deposits of the Midlands did the industrial focus of England shift and the social and industrial history of Great Britain has from that time run parallel with the discovery of the great coal-bearing carboniferous strata of the Midlands and Wales. [...] The aboriginals of 'India include a number of tribes; of which mention might' be made of the Nagas the Garos the'Kacharis the Khasis the Mikirsandlhe' Lushais-of Assam ;' the Santals of Bihar and Orissa ; the Mundas. the Ornonsi the Hos ithe Khariasand the Asurs of Chota Nagpur (Bihar) ; 'the Bhuiyits-andt Bhumijs ;'the Khonds the Savers the Gadabas the Porojas and the Juangsllef Orissa [...] Mention' /nay also be made of the Kururnber the Kanikar the Irular and the Yanadi of the Cardatrioin Hills the Nilgiris the Nallainalai Hills and the Mysore Plateau.
agriculture environment
Pages
29
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120301
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-ii S. P. Chatterjee, D. P. Ghosh, W. D. West, H. Thomas, M. M. Chatterjee, B. N. Mukherjee, B. Basu view
Geology and Geography: their Influence on the Human Race
1-13 E.N. Tiratsoo view
A Note on the Average Intensity of Rainfall in Bengal
14-20 S. K. Sur view
Geographical Notes
21-23 K.B. view
Scheme of Geographical Researches
24-25 S. P. Chatterjee, D. P. Ghosh, W. D. West, H. Thomas, M. M. Chatterjee, B. N. Mukherjee, B. Basu view
Reviews of Books and Periodicals
26-27 S. P. Chatterjee, D. P. Ghosh, W. D. West, H. Thomas, M. M. Chatterjee, B. N. Mukherjee, B. Basu view

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