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Solapur is a beautiful city of India, that is located about 433 km from Mumbai and 244 km from Pune. It is basically found on the south-eastern border of Maharashtra state and touches the border of Karnataka state. This is a well connected city with connectivity to the metro-cities of India like Delhi, Bangalore and Hyderabad through rail and roads.
If you look at Solapur geography, you find that it is located between 17.10 to 18.32 degrees to the north latitude while it is about 74.42 to 76.15 degrees to the east longitude. Solapur lies in the Seena and Bhima basins where the entire district is drained either by the river Bhima or by its tributaries. You learn from Solapur geography that it is bounded to the north by Ahmednagar and Osmanabad districts and on the east by Osmanabad and Gulbarga districts. On the south of Solapur, you find the cities of Bijapur and Sangli of Karnataka state and on its west, lies Satara and Pune districts. Solapur does not have any important hill system. There are only a few spurs of Balaghat range in the north of Barshi Taluka that pass through the south of Solapur for a few kilometers. You also find a scattering of hills in Malshiras, Madha, Karmala and Talukas. The terrain of Solapur is basically flat and undulating where the low table land and small hills of Karmala and Madha Talukas act as a watershed between Sina and Bhima rivers. On reading about Solapur geography, you learn that it covers an area of 14844.6 sq. km which covers about 4.83% of Maharashtra State. A majority of the land in Solapur is rural; to be precise, 338.8 sq. km of Solapur is urban area while the remaining 14505.8 km of Solapur is plain, rural area. Karmala Taluka is the largest Taluka of Solapur, covering an area of 1609.7 sq. km while the smallest Taluka is North Solapur, which covers an area of 736.3 sq. km. Solapur district has different types of soil which are classified into black soil, coarse gray soil and reddish soil. Solapur is also divided into three natural zones. The eastern zone covers North Solapur, Barshi, Akkalkot and South Solapur and has medium to deep black soil of rich quality. The main crops grown here are Jawar, Pulses and Bajra. The major rivers of Solapur are Bhima and Sina, which run south east of Solapur while the Nira and Mann run to the east. All these rivers tend to dry during dry season. The central or transitional zone of Solapur geography covers Mohol, Madha Taluka, east Pandharpur and Mangalwedha. The soil here is of moderate consistency while rainfall is uncertain. The crops grown here are kharip and rabbi. On the western zone, you find Karmala, Malshiras and Sangola taluks and the west of Pandharpur. The soil is shallow and poor, and does not retain moisture. Rainfall is scanty and uncertain. Rabbi and Kharip crops are grown here are. |
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