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Why Do You Find Limited Cultivation in the Map Extract? Give Two Reasons for Your Answer - Geography

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Why do you find limited cultivation in the map extract? Give two reasons for your answer

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उत्तर

We find limited cultivation in the map because:
i. The region is sandy with the presence of sand dunes.
ii. Presence of waste land.

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2012-2013 (March)

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