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Calcutta Geographical Review September & December 1946

1946

The first effect is that the second crop does not follow on the heels of the first crop in the Godavari delta as in the case of the Cauvery delta as the easterly wind is injurious for the sowing of the second crop.' The second effect is that rice the mainstay of the Godavari delta succumbs to pests (Kodu pest) making the yields very low Difference in land tenure systems between the northern and [...] Boundaries : The area is limited on the west by the river Godavari ; on the north and north-east by the high crest line of the Eastern\ Ghats which is also the watershed between the Sabari valley and the lower Godavari region ; on the east by the watershed t between the Eleru and other minor streams and the Tandava river system; and on the south by the Bay of Bengal. [...] The Hindus the Muslims the Buddhists the Dutch the French and the British made their respective contrbutions to the economic make-up of the region. [...] Between 1630 and 1650 the British had to face some difficulties because of the competition of the Dutch and the French and of the mischievous behaviour of the servants of the native rulers. [...] The portion of Bengal lying west of the Bhagirathi are drained by a number of torrential rivers having their source in the dissected plateau of Chotanagpur such as the Mayurakhi the Ajoy the Damodar the Darkeswar the Kansa the Subarnarekha etc.
agriculture environment
Pages
70
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120301
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-i unknown view
Geographical Landscape in Korea State٭
1-9 Shannon Mccune view
The Lower Godavari Region Introductory Notes
10-23 V.L.S.P. Rao view
River Fishery in Bengal
24-38 H.K. Mookerjee view
Physiographic Evolution of Chotanagpur
39-49 S.C. Chatterjee view
Indian Coal and Its Future
50-55 Nisith Kar view
Geographical Notes
56-61 Nisith Kar view
Review of Books and Periodicals
62-66 unknown view

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