Multiple choice

Why is the soil near the northern tip of the Bay of Bengal so fertile?

  1. Many kinds of fish live in the bay.

  2. Flooding rivers deposit rich minerals.

  3. Pure water flows from the mountains.

  4. People have farmed there for centuries.
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Explanation

The northern tip of the Bay of Bengal is home to the massive Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta, where rivers regularly flood and deposit rich, mineral-heavy silt onto the land. This process of alluvial deposition creates some of the most fertile agricultural soil in the world.

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