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The
land in the district is too fertile to be left for wild growth. The
district is devoid of any forest wealth of consequencies. The alluvial
tract of land yields rice, sugar-cane and other foodgrains. The area
under cultivation is studded with mango orchards and bamboo clumps. In
the fields adjoining the Ganges weeds such as ammannia,
utricularia, hygrophile and sesbania grow. But
palmyra and date palm, and mango orchards are found near habitations.
Dry shrub jungles are sometimes seen in the villages away from the
rivers.
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Trees commonly met with are bel, neem, siris,
jack-fruit
and the red cotton tree.
Leopard, hyena, jackal, fox and wild cat are some of the carnivore found in the district, but their number is very small. Sometimes dolphins could also be seen in the river ganges. |
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