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SONE , or Sox, a See also:

RIVER

river of central See also:

India which has been identified with the Erannoboas of the See also:

Greek geographers. With the exception of the See also:

JUMNA, or JAMUNA

Jumna it is the See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief tributary of the See also:

GANGES (GANGA)

Ganges on its right See also:

BANK

bank. It rises in the Amarkantak See also:

HIGHLANDS, THE

highlands about 3500 ft. above See also:

sea-level, the See also:

NERBUDDA, or NARBADA

Nerbudda and See also:

MAHANADI, or MAHANUDDY (" The Great River ")

Mahanadi also having their See also:

SOURCES

sources in the same table-See also:

LAND

land. From this point it flows See also:

north-See also:

west through an intricate See also:

mass of hills, until it strikes the Kaimur range, which constitutes the See also:

SOUTHERN

southern See also:

wall of the Gangetic See also:

PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain. Here it turns See also:

east and continues in that direction until it falls into the Ganges about Io m. above See also:

PATNA

Patna, after a See also:

TOTAL

total course of 465 M. Its upper See also:

WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters drain about 300 M. of See also:

WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild hilly See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country, which has been imperfectly explored; while in its See also:

LOWER

lower See also:

section of 16o m. it traverses the See also:

BRITISH

British districts of See also:

MIRZAPUR

Mirzapur, See also:

SHAHABAD

Shahabad, Gaya and Patna. The Sone canals, fed by the river, See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form a See also:

GREAT

great See also:

SYSTEM

system of See also:

IRRIGATION (Lat. in, and rigare, to water or wet)

irrigation in the See also:

province of See also:

BEHAR, or BIHAR

Behar. The headworks are situated at Dehri about 25 M. below the point where the river leaves the hilly ground. The See also:

weir across the Sone at this point is believed to be the longest constructed in a single unbroken piece of See also:

MASONRY

masonry, the length between abutments being 12,469 ft. A See also:

main See also:

canal is taken off on either bank of the river, and each of these is divided into branches, according to the requirements of the ground. The system consists of some 370 M. of canals and 1200 M. of distributaries, irrigating 555,000 acres. The Sone canals were begun in 1869, and came into operation in 1874; they form a valuable See also:

PROTECTION

protection to the See also:

rice See also:

CROP (a word common. in various forms, such as Germ. Kropf, to many Teutonic languages for a swelling, excrescence, round head or top of anything; it appears also in Romanic languages derived from Teutonic, in Fr. as troupe, whence the English " crupper "

crop of Behar.

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