Open AccessClimatic factors influencing agriculture in the low rainfall tract of Bellary in Mysore State
Author(s) -
B. RAMANATH,
D. HAYAVADANA RAO,
S. B. PRABHANJAN RAO,
B. P. Verma
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
mausam
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0252-9416
DOI - 10.54302/mausam.v24i2.5143
Subject(s) - agriculture , environmental science , period (music) , hydrology (agriculture) , physical geography , climatology , geography , geology , physics , geotechnical engineering , archaeology , acoustics
The general climatic features of Bellary based mainly on the data recorded at the Soil Conservation Research Farm for the period 1956.69 are presented. The short period rai11fall data of the farm is compared with 100-year rainfall record of the Bellary Observatory regarding amounts, distribution and monthly probabilities of occurrence of rain of specific amount.