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%.