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The underlying
rock type in the Western and Southern localities is Deccan Trap,
the lava flows gave rise to flat topped and terraced features.
The Eastern halfs covered by crystalline Metamorphic Rock such
as gneiss’s, schist and granites. In the Northern part of the
city, yellowish sand stones and clays of the lower Gondwana
formations are found. In maximum part of the town, the
underlying rock strata are covered with alluvial deposits
resulting from the flood plain of the Kanhan River. In some
places these gives rise to granular, sandy soils, but in many
places, particularly in low lying, poorly drained areas, the
soils are alluvial clays with poor permeability characteristics
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