SOILS AND NATURAL VEGETATION
NATURAL VEGETATION INDIA
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Question
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With reference to India, which one of the following statements is not correct? [IAS 2002]
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About one-third of the area of the country records more than 750 millimetres of annual rainfall.
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The dominant source of irrigation in the country is wells
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Alluvial soil is the predominant type of soil in the northern plains of the country
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The mountain areas account for about thirty percent of the surface area of the country
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -India occupies 2.4% of the world’s land area with its 3.28 million square kilometre area. However, it holds 17.5% of the world’s population. It has one of the highest population densities in the world.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Indian subcontinent is a 2000-mile-long triangle that is suspended off the landmass of Central Asia. Bounded on the north by the Himalayas, the land is accessible from that direction only through a number of northwestfacing passes. The Arabian Sea forms the western boundary and the Bay of Bengal the eastern one.
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