Editing Kalaburagi (section)

==Geography==
The entire district is on the Deccan Plateau, and the elevation ranges from 300 to 750 m above MSL. Two main rivers, the [[Krishna River|Krishna]] and [[Bhima River|Bhima]], flow through the district. The predominant soil type is [[Vertisol|black soil]]. The district has many tanks, which irrigate the land along with the river. The [[Upper Krishna Project]] is a major irrigation venture in the district of Kalaburagi. The main crops are groundnuts, rice, and pulses. Kalaburagi is the largest producer of [[toor dal]], or [[pigeon pea]]s, in Karnataka. Kalaburagi is an industrially backward district but is showing signs of growth in the cement, textile, leather and chemical industries. Kalaburagi has a university with Medical and Engineering Colleges. Central University of Karnataka (CuK) is located in Kadaganchi, Åland Taluk of Kalaburagi.<ref>//http://www.cuk.ac.in//</ref> The geographical area of the city is 64 square kilometres.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.gulbargacity.mrc.gov.in/ | title=Unauthorized Request Blocked | access-date=23 March 2016 | archive-date=6 April 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160406221704/http://www.gulbargacity.mrc.gov.in/ | url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Climate===
Kalaburagi has a [[hot semi-arid climate]] (BSh) bordering on a [[tropical wet and dry climate]] (Aw). The climate of the district is generally dry, with temperatures ranging from 8&nbsp;°C to 45&nbsp;°C and an annual rainfall of about 750&nbsp;mm. The year in Kalaburagi is divided into three main seasons. The summer lasts from late February to May. It is followed by the southwest monsoon, which lasts from late June to late October. This is then followed by dry winter weather from late November until February.

{{Weather box
| location = Kalaburagi (1991–2020, extremes 1901–2020)
| metric first = Yes
| single line = Yes
| Jan record high C = 36.3
| Feb record high C = 40.3
| Mar record high C = 43.0
| Apr record high C = 45.1
| May record high C = 47.3
| Jun record high C = 46.0
| Jul record high C = 38.4
| Aug record high C = 37.8
| Sep record high C = 37.4
| Oct record high C = 38.2
| Nov record high C = 35.7
| Dec record high C = 36.2
| year record high C = 46.1
| Jan high C = 31.9
| Feb high C = 34.7
| Mar high C = 38.1
| Apr high C = 40.3
| May high C = 40.8
| Jun high C = 35.6
| Jul high C = 32.4
| Aug high C = 31.7
| Sep high C = 32.1
| Oct high C = 32.6
| Nov high C = 32.0
| Dec high C = 31.4
| year high C = 34.6
| Jan low C = 16.3
| Feb low C = 18.6
| Mar low C = 22.4
| Apr low C = 25.1
| May low C = 25.9
| Jun low C = 23.8
| Jul low C = 22.9
| Aug low C = 22.5
| Sep low C = 22.5
| Oct low C = 21.3
| Nov low C = 18.8
| Dec low C = 16.0
| year low C = 21.4
| Jan record low C = 6.7
| Feb record low C = 9.4
| Mar record low C = 12.8
| Apr record low C = 13.3
| May record low C = 17.8
| Jun record low C = 12.7
| Jul record low C = 17.2
| Aug record low C = 16.4
| Sep record low C = 17.8
| Oct record low C = 10.0
| Nov record low C = 7.8
| Dec record low C = 5.6
| year record low C = 5.6
| rain colour = green
| Jan rain mm = 2.9
| Feb rain mm = 2.4
| Mar rain mm = 6.4
| Apr rain mm = 21.1
| May rain mm = 28.2
| Jun rain mm = 118.4
| Jul rain mm = 132.7
| Aug rain mm = 145.8
| Sep rain mm = 184.3
| Oct rain mm = 98.9
| Nov rain mm = 14.6
| Dec rain mm = 1.6
| year rain mm = 757.4
| Jan rain days = 0.3
| Feb rain days = 0.2
| Mar rain days = 0.6
| Apr rain days = 1.9
| May rain days = 2.3
| Jun rain days = 6.6
| Jul rain days = 9.3
| Aug rain days = 9.2
| Sep rain days = 9.3
| Oct rain days = 5.3
| Nov rain days = 1.3
| Dec rain days = 0.1
| year rain days = 46.3
| time day = 17:30 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| Jan humidity = 34
| Feb humidity = 28
| Mar humidity = 24
| Apr humidity = 27
| May humidity = 30
| Jun humidity = 49
| Jul humidity = 60
| Aug humidity = 62
| Sep humidity = 61
| Oct humidity = 54
| Nov humidity = 46
| Dec humidity = 37
| year humidity = 43
| source 1 = [[India Meteorological Department]]<ref>{{cite web
| url = https://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/Climatological%20Tables%201991-2020.pdf
| title = Climatological Tables of Observatories in India 1991-2020
| publisher = [[India Meteorological Department]]
| access-date = 8 April 2024
}}</ref><ref name=IMDnormals>
{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200205040301/http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/1981-2010%20CLIM%20NORMALS%20%28STATWISE%29.pdf
| archive-date = 5 February 2020
| url = https://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/1981-2010%20CLIM%20NORMALS%20%28STATWISE%29.pdf
| title = Station: Kalaburagi Climatological Table 1981–2010
| work = Climatological Normals 1981–2010
| publisher = India Meteorological Department
| date = January 2015
| pages = 299–300
| access-date = 10 April 2020}}</ref><ref name=IMDextremes>
{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200205042509/http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/EXTREMES%20OF%20TEMPERATURE%20and%20RAINFALL%20upto%202012.pdf
| archive-date = 5 February 2020
| url = https://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/EXTREMES%20OF%20TEMPERATURE%20and%20RAINFALL%20upto%202012.pdf
| title = Extremes of Temperature & Rainfall for Indian Stations (Up to 2012)
| publisher = India Meteorological Department
| date = December 2016
| page = M96
| access-date = 10 April 2020}}</ref>
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