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Bihar Geography for BPSC

Bihar's physiography, the Ganga and its tributaries, the Kosi and its floods, climate, soils, crops, forests, population and migration. Prelims asks about rivers and places; Mains links geography to floods, agriculture and development.

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1Physiography of BiharBihar is almost entirely a plain — one of the flattest, most fertile and most flood-prone landscapes in India — with a strip of Himalayan foothills in the north-west and the edge of the Chotanagpur plateau in the south. Its physical divisions explain its rivers, floods, crops and density of population. 4 min read

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