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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 414 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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TAPTI , a See also:

RIVER

river of western See also:

India. It rises in See also:

BETUL

Betul See also:

DISTRICT

district of the Central Provinces, flows between two spurs of the See also:

SATPURA

Satpura Hills, across the See also:

plateau of See also:

KHANDESH, EAST

Khandesh, and thence through the See also:

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

plain of See also:

SURAT

Surat to the See also:

sea. It has a See also:

TOTAL

total length of 450 M. and drains an See also:

AREA

area of 30,000 sq. m. For the last 32 M. of its courseit is a tidal river, but is only navigable by vessels of small See also:

TONNAGE

tonnage; and the See also:

PORT

port of Swally at its mouth, famous in Anglo-Portuguese See also:

HISTORY

history, is now deserted, owing to silting at the outflow of the river. The See also:

WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters of the Tapti are nowhere used for See also:

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

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