Multiple choice

What provides most of the water on the Deccan Plateau?

  1. the rivers

  2. monsoons

  3. irrigation systems

  4. the snow and ice
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Unlike the rivers of northern India which are fed by melting Himalayan glaciers, the rivers of the Deccan Plateau are rain-fed. Consequently, the plateau relies almost entirely on seasonal monsoon rains to fill its rivers and provide water for agriculture.

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