study the pie chate on India's wasteland in 2000 and then questions that follow: (1) what is the percentage of land in India degraded by water ? (2) name any two states of India that have been degraded due to over irrigation ? (3) name a few states of India that have been degraded due to deforestation and mining .
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1 . The total cultivable land of the country is about 144 million hectares of which 56% (80.6 million hectares) is degraded due to faulty agricultural practices and the dense forest cover has been reduced to 11% (36.2 million hectares) of the total geographical area
2. In the states of Punjab, Haryana, western Uttar Pradesh, over irrigation is responsible for land degradation due to waterlogging leading to increase in salinity and alkalinity in the soil.
3. Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Orissa deforestation due to mining have caused severe land degradation.
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