Question

Which areas of our country are drought prone?

Answer 1

Drought Prone Areas in India which suffer through drought situation every year:

Chattisgarh.

Andhra Pradesh. ...

Karnataka. ...

Uttar Pradesh. ...

Jharkhand. ...

Madhya Pradesh. ...

Rajasthan. ...

Telangana.

Answer 2

"Draught prone areas are geographically defined as areas where the probability of a drought year is more than 20% - this formula basically accounts for arid, semi-arid and sub- humid areas.

There various areas and sects on the physical geography of India that can be marked as draught prone. To count:

•        Coast of Saurashtra in Gujarat to Kanpur in UP to Jalandhar in Punjab.

•        Sahyadri in Maharashtra and majorly region of Western Ghats stretching and extending towards Tumkur in Karnatka followed by Chitoor in Andhra Pradesh.

•        There are some other widely scattered regions which are drought prone. Coimbatore and some other regions of Tamil Nadu, Jhansi, Mirzapur, Banda and some other areas of Uttar Pradesh.

•         Major areas of Purulia in West Bengal. Kalahandi in Orissa and some areas of Jharkhand.

•         Some other areas to count on are Marathawad area of Maharashtra, North Karnatka, Specifically Bikaner and Jaisalmer of Rajasthan, Kutch region of Gujrat, Mahabubnagar of Andhra Pradesh, Balasore of Orissa.

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