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Question
India is known as the land of the endless growing Season. Explain.
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Solution
India is known as the land of the endless growing Season because being a sub-tropical land it enjoys a growing Season throughout the year. Growing Season is that part of the year when the growth of vegetation is made possible by the favourable combination of temperature and rainfall.
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