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KHERI , a See also:district of See also:British See also:India, in the See also:Lucknow See also:division of the See also:United Provinces, which takes its name from a small See also:town with a railway station 81 m. N.W. of Lucknow. The See also:area of the district is 2963 sq. m., and its See also:population in 1901 was 905,138. It consists of a See also:series of fairly elevated plateaus, separated by See also:rivers flowing from the See also:north-See also:west, each bordered by alluvial See also:land. North of the See also:river U1, the See also:country is considered very unhealthy. Through this See also:tract, probably the See also:bed of a See also:lake, flow two rivers, the Kauriala and Chauka, changing their courses constantly, so that the See also:surface is seamed with deserted river beds much below the level of the surrounding country. The vegetation is very dense, and the stagnant See also:waters are the cause of endemic fevers. The See also:people reside in the neighbourhood of the See also:low ground, as the See also:soil is more fertile and less expensive to cultivate than the See also:forest-covered uplands. See also:South of the Ul, the See also:scene changes. Between every two rivers or tributaries stretches a See also:plain, considerably less elevated than the tract to the north. There is very little slope in any of these plains for many See also:miles, and marshes are formed, from which emerge the headwaters of many secondary streams, which in the rains become dangerous torrents, and frequently cause devastating floods. The See also:general drainage of the country is from north-west to south-See also:east. Several large lakes exist, some formed by the See also:ancient channels of the See also:northern rivers, being See also:fine sheets of See also:water, from ro to 20 ft. deep and from 3 to 4 M. See also:long; in places they are fringed with magnificent groves. The whole north of the district is covered with vast forests, of which a considerable portion are See also:government reserves. Sal occupies about two-thirds of the forest area. The district is traversed by a See also:branch of the Oudh & See also:Rohilkhand railway from Lucknow to See also:Bareilly. Additional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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