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In the recent years there has been an in...

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

A

There has been an increase in annual rainfall

B

The rate of silting of dams has gone up

C

There has been increased deforestation in the catchment areas

D

Increased areas of land are being self-cultivated

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C
In recent years there has been increased deforestation in catchment years due to population explosion there is a rapid increase in urbanization and industrialization results in increased incidence of floods in the plane of northern India
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