On the earth tamilov. The rivers

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In staff it is a lot of rivers. And as in dry months some of them dry up, here since ancient times the water basins collecting rain waters both for drink and for an irrigation are created. The largest irrigational constructions are located in river basin Kaveri - the main river of Tamil Nadu. The oldest dam Ani-kut has been constructed in XI century. In second half 40th years of the XX-th century the Mettursky hydraulic engineering complex is created. For poliva subsoil waters are widely used. As a result here it is irrigated more than 45 percent of areas under crops - almost twice more than as a whole on the country. In a combination to fertile alluvial soils of Koromandelsky coastal plain it creates rather favorable conditions for agriculture. When, say, in the end of a year you travel on valleys of the rivers, around, how many sees an eye, rice fields are spread by an emerald cloth. Staff gives the eighth part of rice collected in the country, which in the south - the basic foodstuff.

In more droughty areas to a plateau to the west of Koromandelsky plain it is extended and bogarnoe agriculture. There grow up prosjanye - dzhovar and badzhru, a peanut and a cotton. And in mountain areas - in Nilgiri and Anamalai - tea and coffee are cultivated. In mountains Anamalai at height of 1000-1300 metres grow up also hinnoe a tree.