District Profile : The whole district except tehasil Warud & eastern part of tehsil Tiwasa and Chandur railway fall within this zone about 81.07% area is under this zone.The annual precipitation ovaries from 800 to 900 mm, however it exceeds offenly in hilly Melghat tact of this zone. More than 75% rainfall, in this zone is received in kharif season and hence, the kharif cropping system predominates in the zone. The climate is usually hot & dry. Dharni, Chikhaldara, Daryapur, Anjangaon Surji, Bhatkuli, Amravati, Nandgaon Kh, Achalpur, Chandur bazaar, a little part of Morshi and western part of Tiwasa and Chandur Rly tehsil are included in this zone.

The area wise characters of soil & the prevalent cropping pattern is furnished below. AES I. II. III and IV dall under this zone. An area of tehsil Dharni and Chikhaldara in this zone is hilly and occupies by mountain Satpura, popularly known as Melghat range. Land is extremely sloppy. Soils are very shallow to shallow. Forest occupies substantial area in these tehsils. Kharif sorghum, soybean, minor millets or and rice in same patches are the important crops of this region.

The area is inhibited by triable farmers. This tract gives good scope for development of dry land horticulture and forage crops. The soils in tehsil Achalpur, Chandur Bz, Morshi, Amravati and Nandgaon Kh. Are moderate to deep & Predominantly vertisols and with situation of ill drainage and crop suffering from more of wet condition, during the year of relatively higher rains, irrigation management in these soils posses some problems. Cotton predominant over sorghum. Other crops grown are soybean, tur, mug, udid tec in kharif season and wheat and gram are the rabbi crops wherever irrigation water is available. The soils in Bhatkuli, Daryapur, Southern part of Anjangaon surji tehsil are vertisoil, deep and saline to saline alkali in reaction. Open well intract have saline water, as result of  which , the same cannot be utilized for irrigation purposes. Cotton, Soybean, sorghum, tur, mug and Udid are the major crops of the tract together with rainfed Wheat, B. Gram and sunflower during rabi season. Poor drainage during rainy season is rampant. Fields respectively plain. The soils is western part of Tiwasa and Chandur Rly. Tehsil are predominantly shallow to moderately deep with equal proportion of vertisols, entisols and inceptisols. Land is rolling and slopy. In this area also cotton predominates sorghum. Soybean is making irs place in the cropping system. Pulses and ground nut are the important crops of the region. Total warud tehsil, part of Morshi and eastern part of Tiwasa and Chandur Rly tehsils are included in this zone. The average rainfall received in this tract usually exceeds 900 mm. The climate is hot and dry. 18.93% area o fhte district fall under this zone. The AES V falls under this zone. The soil in this area are moderate to deep having orange dominating cropping system, either on command or dug well irrigation with seasonal vegetables and also field crops like cotton, jowar, soybean, tur in kharif and mostly irrigated wheat in rabi season. 

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