 India, 5,000 feet above the sea, and pursuing a serpentine westerly course for 750 miles through a hilly tract, which runs parallel to, and borders closely both its banks, may be said to flow through a longitudinal cleft rather than a distinct valley,...  The Gazetteer of the Central Provinces of India - Side 347redigert av - 1870 - 582 siderUten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | 1867 - 516 sider
...Nerbudda, then, rising in the highest land of Central India, and pursuing a serpentine westerly course through a hilly tract, which runs parallel to, and...promise better, could it be retained, owing to the greut declivity of the bed of the river. So short a course, with such an extent and approximation of... | |
 | Edward Balfour - 1873 - 1030 sider
...navigated by country craft. The Narbada, then rising in the highest land of Central India, 5,000 feet above the sea, and pursuing a serpentine westerly course...great declivity of the bed of the river, which from Jhansi Ghat, near Jabalpur, to the sea falb 1,200 feet in 500 miles. The falls are those of Kapiladhara... | |
 | Edward Balfour - 1873 - 1038 sider
...craft. The Narbada, then rising in the highest land of Central India, 5,000 feet above the sea, aiul pursuing a serpentine westerly course for 750 miles...great declivity of the bed of the river, which from Jhansi Ghat, near Jabalpur, to the sea falls 1,200 feet in 500 miles. The falls are those of Kapiladhara... | |
 | Edward Balfour - 1873 - 1038 sider
...stream more than anything else. No great depth of water can ever be expected in it, from the naturtnof its tributaries, except in the monsoon ; neither,...great declivity of the bed of the river, which from Jhansi Ghat, near Jabalpur, to the sea falb 1,200 feet in 50O miles. The falls are those of Kapiladhara... | |
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