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Records of the Botanical Survey of India. The Vegetation of the District of Minbu in Upper Burma

1904

The Man irrigated tract is bounded on the south by the Man river on the east by the part of the Irawaddy alluvial belt between the Man and Mon rivers ; on the north partly by the Mon river for a very short distance but chiefly by the low hills south of the Mon ; on the west by the low hills of the desert zone which ultimately approach close to the north bank of the Man river. [...] The alluvial belt vegetation is prolonged along the banks of the three rivers of the district where the dry hills of the desert zone do not approach the banks and cut it off. [...] In the Mon valley between the Nwamadaung hills and the Arracan Yomahs there is a mixed sort of vegetation partaking of the characters of the desert zone and of the alluvial belt. [...] There can be no question that the difference between the flora of the Arracan-Nwamadaung zone and that of the desert zone is entirely natural and dependent on the difference of altitude of and the different climatic conditions prevailing in the two zones. [...] Africa but driven northwards by the breaking up of land surfaces in the Eastern Peninsula and the consequent change of climate from dry to moist in the southern half of the Burma-Malaya Peninsula.18 THE VEGETATION OF THE DISTRICT OF This however is mere speculation but meanwhile the results bf the analysis of the collection would appear to justify the separation of the upper Irawaddy valley be
agriculture environment
Pages
152
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.143608
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-iv A.T. Gage view
The Vegetation of the District of Minbu in Upper Burma
1-141 A.T. Gage view
Index
i-vii A.T. Gage view

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