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draining it. In the same manner^ in the bed of the Nerbudda near 

 Nandod, a very considerable proportion of the pebbles are of Vindhyan 

 sandstone brought down from above Bm'wai. 



Section 15. — Surat and Broach. — Country between the Nerbudda 



AND TaPTEE bordering ON THE SeA. 



In this section will be described the whole country between the two 

 rivers from the sea to the border of the trap area 

 in Bajpeepla. It 'comprises so much of the district 

 of Surat as lies north of the Taptee^, the Broach district south of the Ner- 

 budda, the Wusravee pergunnah, and other portions of country belong- 

 ing to the Gaekwar^ and the w^estern portion of the Bajpeepla territory. 

 Near the sea^ and for from 20 to 30 miles inland^ no rocks are seen, 

 except in one or two places. The whole country 



Alluvial plain near sea. . i -ji n • i t i • i n 



IS covered with alluvial clays, which pass generally 



on the surface into black cotton soil. It is highly fertile and cultivated 



almost throughout. 



The first rocks to emerge from beneath the alluvium are usually 



the g-ravels and clays of the nummulitic series, 

 Succession of rocks ° '' 



appearing to eastward. ^iud from beneath these, somewhat further inland, 



the traps crop out. 



In describing this tract in detail, it will be best to commence at 

 the north and proceed southwards. 



For some distance up the Nerbudda, as far east as several miles 



above Nandod, nearly 40 miles from Broach, there is a broad belt of 



alluvium to the south of the river, south of which trap rocks appear as 



far to the west as Sursho hill. Immediately west of the hill beds of the 



nummulitic series appear : they are much dis- 

 Nummulitics near Sur- 

 sho liiU. turbed and dip at high angles. The traps fonn- 



ing Sursho hill also have a very high dip (60° to the north-west). 



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