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Drought is occasionally experienced in the plateau region of West Bengal because of:

  1. A
    Lateritic soil
  2. B
    Extremely low rainfall
  3. C
    Excessive evapo-transpiration
  4. D
    Inefficient water management

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The western plateau fringe districts of West Bengal (like Purulia and parts of Bankura) occasionally suffer from structural agricultural droughts primarily due to extremely low and erratic seasonal rainfall (averaging under 100 cm to 110 cm) along with minimal natural groundwater retention.

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Drought is occasionally experienced in the plateau region of West Bengal because of:
A
Lateritic soil
B
Extremely low rainfall
C
Excessive evapo-transpiration
D
Inefficient water management

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