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List out the major flood-prone areas of our country.
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Solution
- The major flood-prone areas in north and northeast India are Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, North Bihar, West Bengal, and Brahmaputra valley.
- Coastal Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, and Southern Gujarat are the other regions which are also prone to flood often.
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