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AGRA CANAL

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 382 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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AGRA See also:CANAL , an important See also:Indian See also:irrigation See also:work, available also for See also:navigation, in See also:Delhi, See also:Gurgaon, See also:Muttra and Agra districts, and See also:Bharatpur See also:state. The canal receives its See also:water from the See also:Jumna See also:river at Okla, about 10 m. below Delhi. The See also:weir across the Jumna was the first attempted in Upper See also:India upon a See also:foundation of See also:fine See also:sand; it is about 800 yds. See also:long, and rises 7 ft. above the summer level of. the river. From Okla the canal follows the high See also:land between the Khari-nadi and the Jumna, and finally joins the Banganga river about 20 M. below Agra. Navigable branches connect the canal with Muttra and Agra. It was opened in 1874.

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