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Question
Where are tanks most widely used in India? Why?
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Solution
Tanks are mostly used in peninsular India. This is because
(i) Peninsular India consists of hard impervious rocks which favours the storage of water.
(ii) Depression in the plateau region can be used as Natural tanks.
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