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Nullah

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27: 333: 92:, there are small steep-sided valleys penetrating the hills, clothed with rough brushwood or small trees growing in the stony soil. During occasional heavy rains, torrents rush down the nullahs and quickly disappear. There is little local action upon the sides, while the bed is lowered, and consequently these valleys are narrow and steep. In cities on the 220: 353: 396: 296: 96:
plain in India, nullahs are concrete or brick-lined ditches about 3 metres (10 ft) deep and 6 metres (20 ft) wide, used to divert
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Encroachment into nullahs is a significant problem in many South Asian cities, since it hampers the drainage of
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in urbanised coastal areas, and basically is an often dry
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Nullah (disambiguation)

Spiti
India
Hindustani
Punjabi
stream
watercourse
valley
wadi
Arabs
India
Pakistan
Australia
Delhi
monsoon
stormwater
floods
East Asia
Chinese
pinyin
Wade–Giles
Jyutping
ditch
flood control channel
drainage
sewerage
industrial wastewater
stagnation
canal

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