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In the recent years there has been an increasing incidence of floods in the plains of northern India because:

A

the rate of siling of land is being silf - cultivated

B

there has been an decrease in annual rainfall

C

there has been an increase in annual rainfall

D

there has been increased deforestation in the catchment areas

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