"Water table" Quotes from Famous Books
... share in the Sirhind Canal, their shares inter se being Patiala 83.6, Nabha 8.8, and Jind 7.6. Portions of the Powadh and Jangal Des are irrigated. In the case of the Powadh there has been in some places over irrigation considering how near the surface the water table is. The Nirwana tahsil in Patiala and the part of Jind which lies between Karnal and Rohtak is a bit of the Bangar tract of the south-eastern Panjab, with a strong loam soil and a naturally deep water level. ... — The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir • Sir James McCrone Douie |