118 FLORA INDICA. 



sula of Katiwar may be considered as the southern termi- 

 nation of the Arawali, though separated from it by an alluvial 

 plain, being the continuation of the watershed, and dividing the 

 streams flowing to the Gulf of Kach (or the delta of the Indus) 

 from those that flow into the Gulf of Cambay. 



We shall now proceed to give a rapid sketch of the physical 

 features of the provinces of Hindostan, commencing with the 

 southernmost. These are — 



1. Ceylon. 7. Khandesh. 13. Gujerat. 



2. Malabar. 8. Berar. 14. Sind. 



3. Conean. 9. Orissa. 15. Rajwara. 



4. Carnatic. 10. Bahar. 16. Panjab. 



5. Mysore. 11. Bandelkhand. 17. Upper Gangetic plain. 



6. Dekhan. 12. Malwah. 18. Bengal. 



1. Ceylon. 



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about 200 miles long, and 150 in greatest width. It is en- 

 circled by a belt of level land, which forms extensive plains 



northern 



ridional 



chain of mountains. These mountains form a narrow range 

 towards the north, seldom exceeding 1000 feet in elevation, 

 and sink into the plain eighty miles from that extremity ; to 

 the southward they spread out, attain nearly 9000 feet of ele- 



Maha 



(or Horton plains) and Newera Ellia. The main 



Tk^ 



6000- 



and 



which the loftier peaks rise. To the south and east, this 



transverse ridge dips abruptly into a low but hilly forest-clad 



country, but to the north it gives off a number of meridional 



• ranges of considerable height; these separate tributaries oi 



in 



in 



influences the climate of the whole island 



During 



