The elevation of the plain portion of the District is from 900 to 1000 feet. Very few levels except those of the railway stations are available for the open country. Nagpur post office is 1025 feet above the sea and the Itwari bazaar 983 feet, Sitabaldi hill is 1125 feet high. Kamptee is 1019 feet or practically the same as Nagpur, Bori 865 feet and Dighori 918. In Umrer tahsil Umrer is 956 feet and Bhiwapur 852. In the Katol tahsil only the heights of Pilkapar (1899 feet) and Khurki (1997 feet)  are known, but the general level is the case with the Ramtek tahsil,but the only elevations of  which information is available are those of the northern hills. Nagdeo is 1931 feet high, Khapa 1916, Bakari 1882, Nagalwari 1739 and Tekari 1669. Tharsa railway station has an elevation of 948 feet. And the common and painted partr4idge occur throughout the District, but the  last mentioned is rare of the water birds the jack and painted snipe, whistling and cotton  teal, and  red-headed and crested  pochard ducks are common on  most of the tanks, especially round Ramtek and Umrer. The blue-winged teal and the gadwall duck are occasionally found. The Brahminy duck visits most of the hugger streams, and can usually be seen in the beds of the Wardha and Kanhan.