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Indian Forest Records . 
[Vol. IV. 
POSSIBLE SITES FOR BAMBOO PAPER-PULP MILLS IN 
THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY. 
Note.— Since these areas were inspected, flowering of the Daugi bamboo has been 
reported^ to have taken place but to what extent is not known. This mav 
render some of the areas unworkable for a few years, though the period required for 
recovery is generally short. 
Area No. I. (See portion marked A. on map.) 
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The Gangavalli Catchment Area in the Ankola and Yellapur 
Ranges of the West and East Kanara Forest Divisions. 
(1) Name and Situation. 
The area is situated on the West Coast of the Bombay Presidency 
in the Kanara Collectorate and comprises the catchment area of a large 
river, known as the Gangavalli in its lower reaches, and as the Bedti 
River where it pierces the Ghats. The valley formed by this river 
is fairly broad, for a distance of 8 to 10 miles from the coast, and 
gradually narrows as it approaches the Western Ghats,which lie some 
40 miles from its mouth. On its course down the Ghats it passes through 
narrow gorges and forms a rushing stream, with many small waterfalls. 
On the plateau it is a narrow stream which in its upper reaches nearly 
dries up in the hot weather. From the sea to the foot of the Ghats the 
river is bounded on each side by high spurs and chains of hills jutting 
out of the Deccan plateau, which gradually disappear on approach¬ 
ing the coast. Small tributaries coming from the surrounding hills flow 
into the river on either side. 
(2) Description of the forests. 
The forest is what is known as moist deciduous. It contains a great 
variety of species, intermixed with large quantities of bamboos, of the 
species known as Bambusa arundmacea (Daugi), which, though it occurs 
nearly all over the area, is especially abundant on the more level ground 
on each side of the main stream and up the by-valleys. The finest 
growth is found in the upper limits of the valley round the Ramangulli, 
Arbail and Shavkar cultivations, and everywhere along the banks of 
the streams. On the slopes the growth is less luxuriaot and the clumps 
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