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and Nagpur, the former occupying the upper part of the basin 

 of the Tapti, and that of its tributary the Purua, the latter 

 situated on a tributary of the Godavery^ and therefore sepa- 

 rated by no well-defined boundary from the north-eastern part 

 of the Dekhan. 



To the north, Berar is sejparated from the valley of the 

 Nerbada by the continuation of the Satpura range, gradually 

 increasing in height to the eastward, and attaining an eleva- 

 tion of 3000 feet, south of Hosungabad. The Rev. Mr. Clarke 

 states that Chouragadh, the highest peak of the Mahadeva 

 hills, north of Nagpui-, rises to 4200 feet. The Ajanta range, 

 on the contrary, is very inconspicuous to the eastward, as the 

 plain on both sides slopes up to its crest ; but the Gawilgarh 

 hills, which separate the Piirna and Tapti rivers, rise in peaks 

 to a height of 3000 feet. The eastern boundary of Berar cor- 

 responds pretty closely with the watershed of the Mahanadi 

 river, the elevation of which is unknown. Berar is, in general, 

 level, but the plains are separated by low ranges of naked 

 table-topped hills, most numerous in the northern portion. 

 Nagpur is 900 feet above the level of the sea, and EUichpur 

 may be conjectured to be very little more. 



The rains in Berar are of short duration, but more con- 

 siderable in amount than in the Western Dekhan. At Nag- 

 pur, the fall is 40 or 50 inches between June and October. 

 The remainder of the year is dry and intensely hot, the 

 mean temperature of Nagpur being 81 i°. The vegetation is 

 probably identical with that of the Dekhan, but the province 

 is botanicaUy unknown. 



9. Orissa. 



Under this name we include the whole basin of the Maha- 

 nadi river. On the north, this province is bounded by the 

 crest of the Vindhia, on the north-east by a spur descending 

 thence towards the sea near Balasor, on the south-east by the 

 sea, on the west by the watershed separating the Mahanadi 

 from the tributaries of the Godavery, and on the south-west 

 by that rivci' from Chandah to the sea. 



