Abstract
Dhule and Jalgaon districts make up the Khandesh region of Maharashtra. Khandesh is bounded on the west by Gujarat, in the east by the Vidarbha part of Maharashtra, in the south by the Nashik district and the Marathwada part of Maharashtra and in the north by Madhya Pradesh. The Tapi Basin that we are concentrating upon lies in the north-west of Dhule district now comprising talukas of Shahade, Talode and Nandurbar.