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General
: West
Godavari District is a part of the Godavari delta. It lies between
16 - 15' to 17-30' Northern latitudes and 80-55' Eastern longitudes.
It is bounded by Khammam District on the North, the Bay of Bengal
on the South and on the east by river Godavari and Krishna District
on the West.
West Godavari District was formed inthe year 1925 in geographically
situated between mighty rivers of Godavari and Krishna having
a total area of 7,780 Sq.Km (19,26,277 acres). Thedistrict can
be divided into three natural divisions (VIZ.,) (1) the delta
(2) upland and (3) agency track. The district is having deltaic
area fed by Godavari and Krishna Canals and upland area and agency
track mostly catered by minor irrigation tanks and three medium
irrigation Projects. The district receives normal rainfall of
1076.20 mm. The biggest natural sweet water lake called Kolleru
lake is having most it its area in this district.
Rivers : Godavari is the important
river flowing in this district. This river borders the entire
eastern boundary of the district. At Vijjeswaram, the river breaks
into two branches namely, the Gowtami Godavari (eastern branch)
and Vasista Godavari (western branch) and flows towards the south
of the district before falling into the Bay of Bengal near Antarvedi.
The other minor rivers which feed the irrigation tanks in the
upland areas are Tammileru, Yerrakalva, Byneru, Kovvada Kalva,
Jalleru and Gunderu. The kolleru lake is an extensive shallow
gepression created by a gradual rise in the level of the country
on either side by alluvial deposits from the Godavari and Krishna
canals. This lake receives a large volume of drinage water of
the surrounding deltaic area. It has an outlet to the sea through
Upputeru.
Soil : The soils of
the districts are brodly classified into red sandy loams, sandy
clay loams, clays alluvial, delta alluviums and "areanaceous".
Rainfall : The average annual
rainfall in the District is 1076.20 mm. The District gets rain
in both the south-west and post monsoon seasons. The rainfall
during south - west monsson season (June-September) contributes
64% of the annual rainfall, white the retrieving monsoon season
accounts for about 36% October is the rainiest month.
The District lies in the river basins of the Godavari (20.2% of
the District area), Yerrakalva (48.1%), Tammileru (26.8%), Ramileru
(1.4%), Loeeru (3.5%). The statistical data of the District as
per the report of the Bureau of Economics and Statistics 1996-1997
and (Census of India 1991) District Census handbook of West Godavari
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