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Majuli in Assam, the world's largest riverine island, benefits from floods how?
AFertile silt gives good paddy
BFloods bring fish to farms
CFloods cool the hot climate
DFloods remove all the weeds
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Fertile silt gives good paddy
1. Floods deposit fertile silt.
2. Majuli grows good paddy after Brahmaputra floods.
3. Such benefits are small against the losses.
_Source: NCERT Class 11 Geography, India Physical Environment, Chapter 7, Natural Hazards and Disasters._
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