North eastern ghat
- Ganjam, Gajapati, Rayagada and Kandhamal
districts of Odisha comes under North eastern ghat agro-climatic zone. The zone
experiences hot and moist sub-humid climate with mean annual rainfall of
1597mm, mean maximum summer temperature of 37.00C and mean minimum
winter temperature of 10.4 0 C.
- Rushikulya, Bahuda, Vansadhara,
Nagabali and Indravati river basin enriches the agricultural lands of the
region. Brown forest, lateritic, lateritic
alluvial red, mixed red and black are major soil groups of the region with
irrigation ratio of 27.4%.