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SOUTH KANARA DISTRICT

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 647 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SOUTH See also:KANARA See also:DISTRICT has its headquarters at See also:Mangalore. See also:Area, 4021 sq. m. Pop. (toot), 1,134,713, showing an increase of 7 % in the See also:decade. The district is intersected by See also:rivers, none of which exceeds too See also:miles in length. They all take their rise in the Western See also:Ghats, and many are navigable during the See also:fair See also:weather for from 15 to 25 miles from the See also:coast. The See also:chief of these streams are the Netravati, Gurpur and Chendragiri. Numerous. groves of coco-See also:nut palms extend along the coast, and See also:green See also:rice-See also:fields are seen in every valley. The Western Ghats, rising to a height of 3000 to 6000 ft., fringe the eastern boundary. See also:Forest See also:land of See also:great extent and value exists, but most of it is private See also:property. See also:Jungle products (besides See also:timber) consist of See also:bamboo, cardamoms, See also:wild See also:arrowroot, See also:gall-nuts, See also:gamboge, See also:catechu, fibrous bark, See also:cinnamon, gums, See also:resin, dyes, See also:honey and beeswax. The forests formerly abounded in See also:game, which, however, is rapidly decreasing under incessant See also:shooting.

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staple See also:crop is rice. The chief articles of import are piece goods, See also:cotton See also:yarn, See also:oils and See also:salt. Tiles are manufactured in several places out of a See also:fine See also:potter's See also:clay. The Azhikal-Mangalore See also:line of the See also:Madras railway serves the district. See South See also:Canary District See also:Manual (2 vols., Madras, 1894-1895).

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