Records of the Botanical Survey of India Volume 2 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 edition. Excerpt: ...with the Rampura Khal by the BArakalagachya; with the Guasaba by the Tera Banka and the Hari Bhanga; with the Jabuna, the next considerable river to the east, by several streams of which the principal are the Barakulia, the Kalindi Nadi and the Atthara Banka. These western Sundribun rivers are not in any instance immediate distributaries of the Ganges; they more resemble long arms of the sea than rivers; they are subject to tidal influence throughout their course, and their waters are consequently more saline than those of the rivers in the central and eastern Sundribuns. The effect of all this is distinctly reflected in the character of the vegetation. Passing eastward from the Raimangal the next main-river is the Jabuna which begins at Kishenganj and after a course of 200 miles joins the Raimangal shortly before the latter reaches the sea. The Jsamati, soon changing its name to the MoliDgchu, is the next considerable stream. It begins near Halderkhali and alter a course of 50 miles through the Satkhira forest, which constitutes the western half of the central Sundribuns, joins the Barapunga near the sea-face. The Molingchu and the Jabuna are directly connected by the Fringi, the Aburi, and various other khals. The Arpangassia, formed by the junction, near Burigoilni, of the Kalpatta and the Kobaduc rivers, flows southward for about 40 miles between the Satkhira forest and the forests of the Khulaa Reserves. In its lower reaches this river is known as the Barapunga; it is joined by the Molingchu just before reaching the sea and is connected with that river further to the north by the Arabibanki, the Golapatti, and various other streams. Next after the Arpangassia comes the Sipsa, a river which originates at Deluti from the union of a number of...