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  MEDLICOTT 
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  SATPURA 
  COAL-BASIN. 
  

  

  the 
  basin, 
  each 
  plateau 
  is. 
  cut 
  off 
  from 
  the 
  great 
  central 
  range 
  of 
  the 
  

   Pachmari 
  hills. 
  That 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  presents 
  a 
  steep 
  scarp 
  to 
  the 
  broad 
  

   undulating 
  plain 
  of 
  the 
  Tawa, 
  valley. 
  The 
  strata 
  in 
  this 
  scarp 
  have 
  a 
  

   westerly 
  dip 
  ; 
  and 
  it 
  forms 
  a 
  watershed, 
  the 
  hills 
  behind 
  it 
  being 
  drained 
  

   by 
  the 
  deep 
  tortuous 
  gorge 
  of 
  the 
  Moran 
  river, 
  by 
  which 
  name 
  also 
  the 
  

   area 
  may 
  appropriately 
  be 
  designated. 
  The 
  hills 
  at 
  the 
  east 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  

   basin 
  are 
  similarly, 
  but 
  less 
  completely, 
  separated 
  from 
  the 
  Pachmaris 
  by 
  

   the 
  valley 
  of 
  the 
  Dudhi, 
  to 
  which 
  they 
  present 
  a 
  broken 
  scarp 
  and 
  

   watershed, 
  with 
  an 
  easterly 
  slope 
  of 
  the 
  strata. 
  This 
  area 
  may 
  be 
  

   named 
  after 
  the 
  Sitariva, 
  by 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  traversed 
  in 
  a 
  deep 
  gorge, 
  

   baving 
  its 
  source 
  in 
  the 
  Motiir 
  range, 
  where 
  this 
  range 
  becomes 
  confluent 
  

   with 
  these 
  eastern 
  hills. 
  Both 
  the 
  Moran 
  and 
  Sitariva 
  hills, 
  as 
  also 
  the 
  

   Motiir 
  range, 
  are 
  for 
  the 
  most 
  part 
  capped 
  by 
  trap. 
  

  

  Between 
  the 
  two 
  terminal 
  scarps, 
  along 
  the 
  Narbada 
  valley, 
  the 
  

  

  outer 
  range 
  of 
  hills 
  is 
  very 
  irregular 
  in 
  outline 
  

   The 
  Pachmari 
  range. 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  and 
  ot 
  small 
  elevation, 
  leaving 
  a 
  clear 
  view 
  ot 
  the 
  

  

  Pachmari 
  range 
  to 
  the 
  south. 
  This 
  Pachmari 
  range 
  forms 
  the 
  most 
  

   striking 
  physical 
  feature 
  of 
  the 
  whole 
  region. 
  It 
  occupies 
  a 
  nearly 
  cen- 
  

   tral 
  position 
  in 
  the 
  basin, 
  its 
  summits 
  ranging 
  up 
  to 
  4,380 
  feet. 
  On 
  the 
  

   south 
  it 
  is 
  defined 
  by 
  sheer 
  cliffs 
  of 
  great 
  height 
  ; 
  but 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  the 
  

   slope 
  is 
  gentle, 
  the 
  outline 
  indicating 
  the 
  steady 
  northern 
  dip 
  of 
  the 
  

   massive 
  sandstone 
  composing 
  the 
  range. 
  On 
  the 
  west 
  it 
  is 
  cut 
  back 
  

   towards 
  the 
  dip, 
  and 
  dies 
  out 
  into 
  the 
  valley 
  of 
  the 
  Tawa, 
  across 
  the 
  

   northern 
  edge 
  of 
  which 
  a 
  low 
  outcrop 
  of 
  distinctive 
  Pachmari 
  rock 
  can 
  

   be 
  traced 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  scarp 
  of 
  the 
  Moran 
  hills. 
  On 
  the 
  east 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  

   low 
  flat 
  range 
  connecting 
  the 
  Pachmari 
  with 
  the 
  Sitariva 
  and 
  Motiir 
  

   hills, 
  and 
  over 
  which 
  a 
  cart-track 
  passes 
  from 
  Delakari 
  towards 
  the 
  plains 
  

   of 
  the 
  Narbada. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  open 
  valley 
  of 
  the 
  Tawa, 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  

  

  Denwa 
  on 
  the 
  east, 
  between 
  the 
  Pachmari 
  and 
  

  

  The 
  Sonbudra 
  hills. 
  . 
  , 
  , 
  . 
  

  

  Motur 
  scarps 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  and 
  south, 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  

  

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