Answer the following questions :
1. Give an account of agriculture in ganga brahmaputra basin.
2. Explain the physiographical features of ganga brahmaputra basin.
2. Decribe the locational and physiographic features of amazon basin.
3. Write a short note on the wildlife of the ganga brahmaputra basin.
The Ganga Brahmaputra basin
Cash crop: Cash crops like sugarcane and jute are also grown. Banana plantations are grown in plain areas and Tea plantations in West Bengal and Assam.
2.physiographical features: the main physical features are;
- Agriculture: plain area provides the most suitable land for human habitation and agriculture.
Cash crop: Cash crops like sugarcane and jute are also grown. Banana plantations are grown in plain areas and Tea plantations in West Bengal and Assam.
2.physiographical features: the main physical features are;
- The mountains and the foothills of the Himalayas and the Sundarbans deltas.
- The mountain areas have steep slopes and inhospitable terrain.
- Wildlife: There is a huge variety of wildlife in the basin.
- Large animals - Elephants, tigers, Bengal tiger, crocodiles and alligators.
- Main attraction - The one-horned rhinoceros.
- Other animals - deer and monkeys.
- Aquatic life - fishes found in fresh river waters, lakes and Bay of Bengal Sea. The most popular varieties of the fish are the rohu, catla and hilsa.