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Farming the land
Living with floods
Rivers that build the delta
True or False
Fun facts
100
The Monsoon Rains
What makes the soil so fertil?
100
20% of the land
How much does normal flooding cover?
100
Bangladesh
Where is most of the Ganges delta located?
100
True.
True or False. Is the Ganges Delta the largest delta in the world
100
The Bay Of Bengal.
Were does the Ganges Delta Empty Out.
200
Rice
What is the most popular crop the farmers grow?
200
monsoon rains
What makes farming possible in the Ganges Delta?
200
30ft (9 meters)
How high is the Ganges delta above sea level?
200
True.
True or False. For thousands of years the peole have farmed the Ganges Dalta?
200
Bangladesh, India
What country is the Ganges Delta located.
300
June and July.
When do farmers grow there rice crops?
300
They build houses on stilts.
How do the people live with the floods.
300
50,000 square miles
How much land does the Ganges delta cover?
300
False.
True or False. Floods are not constant danger in the Ganges Delta?
300
High in the Himalays.
Where do the rivers that form the Ganges Delta begin?
400
After the Monsoons rains have ended.
When are the rice crops harvested?
400
80% of the land
How much does heavy flooding cover?
400
Ganges river, Brahmaputra river, Meghana river
What three rivers build the delta?
400
True.
True or False. The land is flat, the soil is rich, the climate is wet.
400
It is created at the mouth of the river.
How is the delta formed?
500
2/3
How much of the delta is used for farming?
500
Typhoid, Diarrhea, and Cholera.
What diseases does the floods cause?
500
Two billion tons.
How much of clay, mud, and silt is at the bottom of the delta?
500
False.
True or False. The three rivers that build the rivers are not vidal to the region?
500
cause it makes the soil is fertile to grow crops.
Why are floods a way of life in the delta?