Explain the geographical conditions required for the growth of rice and wheat.
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Explanation:
Rice
It needs high temperature, high humidity and rainfall. It grows best in alluvial clayey soil
Wheat
It requires moderate temperature and rainfall during growing season and bright sunshine at the time of harvest.
Explanation:
Climatic conditions required for the growth of rice:
(i) It is a Kharif crop which requires high temperature (above 25 °C).
(ii) High humidity with annual rainfall above 100 cm.
(iii) In the areas of less rainfall, it grows with the help of irrigation.
(iv) It is grown in the plains of north and north-eastern India, coastal areas and the deltaic regions.
(v) Development of dense network of canal irrigation and tube wells have made it possible to grow rice in areas of less rainfall such as Punjab and Haryana