Engineering Wonders of the World
Volume III

MAP 10 ON Total. 187,000 6,695,000 435,000 1,570,000 1,038,000 1,198,000 852,000 1,602,000 SHOWING THE CHIEF RIVERS AND IRRIGATION WORKS OF INDIA, NOTES THE MAP. voirs or tanks impounding the surplus of flood time; and irrigation by inundation from canals filled only when a in flood, half of Area Irrig-ated in 1906-1907. Acres. 234 ENGINEERING WONDERS OF THE WORLD. tracts of Sind, where the river rises More than the total area irrigated in India is located in the Punjab, and in the almost rainless rainfall varies from two to about five inches in the year, and where the waters of the Indus are led by a vast number of inundation canals over the thirsty lands. In the Punjab the five great rivers from which that country derives its name are utilized to water the “ doabs ” between the streams, on which the annual rainfall is said to range from 10 to 30 inches. North- West Frontier Province, Punjab— 1. Jhelum Canal, 2. Chenab Canal, 3. Bari Doab Canal, . 4. Sirhind Canal, . . ' 5. Western Jumna Canal, . Other canals, . U nited Provinces— 6. Upper Ganges Canal, 7. Lower Ganges Canal, Other canals, . Bengal— I 8. Sone Canals, . 9. Orissa Canals, Other canals, . Madras—• 10. Godaveri Canals, . 11. Kistna Canals, 12. Cauvery Canals, Other canals, . Bombay and Sind— Mainly inundation canals, and to a small extent, reservoi systems, Burma— Canals, .... Other Provinces— Canals and Reservoirs, . 935,000 924,000 731,000 564,000 267,000 72,000 2,590,00C 873,000 664,000 983,000 1,112,000 903,000 3,632,000 3,702,000 952,000 41,000 Corning to the schemes which have been carried out by modern engineers, we select first the great Chenab Canal, irrigating the tract between the Chenab and Ravi rivers of Total in 1906-1907, 18,702,000 the Punjab. It is the largest and one of the most recent of Indian irrigation works—how