Indian Geography Questions

Kachchh district is the largest in India in terms of territorial extent, located in the state of Gujarat.
The second largest district is Leh in Jammu & Kashmir.

Black soil coupled with favorable climatic conditions (Temperature of 21-320C and 30 -100 cm of rainfall) are responsible for cotton cultivation in Gujarat.

The Dibang Wildlife Sanctuary is one of the eight wildlife sanctuaries of Arunachal Pradesh, India.

Kothagudam is in Andhra Pradesh. The sponge iron will act as a substitute for steel scrap and be used as feed stock of electric arc steel making.

Bandipur Sanctuary is noted for the spotted deer, and the Ghana Sanctuary is for birds.

Hence, soil erosion on hillslopes can be checked by Terrace cultivation.

According to World Bank Indicator India - Land use:

• Agriculture Land - 1797090 sq. Km (about 60.4%). 

• Forest Area - 677598 sq. Km. (about 22.08%). 

• Agriculture Irrigated land - 35 %.

Tropical Deciduous Forests: They are also called the “Monsoon forests”. They grow in the areas with annual rainfall of 70-200 cm. Sandal wood, Shisam, Mahua, Sal, Teak and Bamboo are important species of trees. Moist deciduous and the dry deciduous forests are two major categories of these forests.