CLIMATE AND RESOURCES 



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UPPER INDIA. 



UPPER INDIA, or the Provinces under the Governments of the 

 North- Western ProviDces, the Punjab, and Oude, lies chiefly 

 between the parallels of 25 and 33 of North Latitude, and 

 between 70 and 80 of East Longitude, which limits it crosses 

 diagonally from south-east to north-west. 



The climate is divided into three well-defined seasons, 

 the rains, the cold weather, and the hot weather. The rains 

 commence about the 15th or 20th of June, and last for about 

 three months, till the 15th or 20th of September; commencing 

 earlier and ending somewhat later in the south-eastern districts 

 than in those more to the north-west. The temperature in 

 the shade in the daytime during the rains may range from 

 85 to 90 or 95 Fahrenheit. The rainfall varies much in 

 different localities; there is a greater precipitation about 

 Benares and the eastern districts than the average, but the 

 greatest occurs in the Teraee, or forest, at the foot of the 

 Himalayas, and on the southern slopes of the Himalayas. 

 The rainfall at Nynee Tal often exceeds one hundred inches 

 in the year ; and the rainfall at the foot of the hills under that 

 station is about equal to, and sometimes exceeds, the rainfall 

 at Nynee Tal. The annual average rainfall in the Dooab, or 







