Geography
Kulaura is located at 24°31′00″N 92°02′00″E / 24.5167°N 92.0333°E / 24.5167; 92.0333. It has 58,883 units of house hold and total area 679.25 km2 (262 sq mi). The river Manu is the principal and biggest river of this Upazila. Other rivers include Bilash, Fanai, Kapua, and Juri etc. The biggest haor of greater Sylhet, Hakaluki, belongs to Kulaura Upazila. These rivers and haors are the major sources of pisciculture not only for Kulaura but the whole Bangladesh. The haor beds serves as paddy land during monsoon and yields a lot of crops mainly boro. Kulaura is also famous for its tea industries. Rubber, orange, pineapple, mango, jack fruit and bamboo are also produced in this upazila.
Apart from haors and rivers the majority of its lands are plain. There are some hilly areas also.
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