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GROUP V: WESTERN INDIA
RAJVARA, GUJRAT, EACH, SINDH.
Abu.
Ahmadabad
Ajmi'r.
Baroda.
Bhuj.
Disa.
Erinpiira.
Haiderabad,
Nimach.
Rajkot.
Nazirabad.
Khervara.
Karrachi.
Beavr.
Jacobabad.
The lower course of the Indus passes through broad plains, but little undu-
lated; a border of cultivated ground follows the shores of the river, but by far the
greater part of the province is occupied by the Thar of Kajvara, the Indian desert. In
reference to the breadth of the group, the hills of Beluchistan form the western border
of this region, and the elevated grounds of Ajmir rise to the east of it. The climate
is cool in winter, very hot in summer, but the difference is considerably smaller than
in the Panjab. The littoral provinces, Kach and Gujrat, to the south, have, notwith-
standing their vicinity to the sea, a surprising analogy with the type of continental
climate.
In the cool season, and even considerably later — from November to April—
the NE. and E. winds bring down dust and cold from the Panjab to the shores of
the Arabian sea; but high up the Indus valley sea-breezes may be observed
to alternate with the most violent currents from the north; the breezes are so
weak that they might easily be overlooked—the more so as wind-guages at Indian stations
are but too often badly kept and rusty — if the nocturnal moisture and the great
GROUP V: WESTERN INDIA
RAJVARA, GUJRAT, EACH, SINDH.
Abu.
Ahmadabad
Ajmi'r.
Baroda.
Bhuj.
Disa.
Erinpiira.
Haiderabad,
Nimach.
Rajkot.
Nazirabad.
Khervara.
Karrachi.
Beavr.
Jacobabad.
The lower course of the Indus passes through broad plains, but little undu-
lated; a border of cultivated ground follows the shores of the river, but by far the
greater part of the province is occupied by the Thar of Kajvara, the Indian desert. In
reference to the breadth of the group, the hills of Beluchistan form the western border
of this region, and the elevated grounds of Ajmir rise to the east of it. The climate
is cool in winter, very hot in summer, but the difference is considerably smaller than
in the Panjab. The littoral provinces, Kach and Gujrat, to the south, have, notwith-
standing their vicinity to the sea, a surprising analogy with the type of continental
climate.
In the cool season, and even considerably later — from November to April—
the NE. and E. winds bring down dust and cold from the Panjab to the shores of
the Arabian sea; but high up the Indus valley sea-breezes may be observed
to alternate with the most violent currents from the north; the breezes are so
weak that they might easily be overlooked—the more so as wind-guages at Indian stations
are but too often badly kept and rusty — if the nocturnal moisture and the great