Why India is prone natural disasters?
Why India is prone natural disasters?
The correct option is A Due to its geological set up
A. Due to its geological set up.
India, due to its, physio-graphic and climatic conditions is
one of the most disaster prone areas of the world. It is vulnerable to
windstorms from both the Arabian Seaand Bay of Bengal. There are active crustal
movements in the Himalaya leading to earthquakes. About 58.7 % of the toatal
land mass is prone to earthquake of moderate to very high intensity. Floods
brought about by heavy rain and drought in arid and semi arid areas. About 12 %
of the o f the total land mass is flood prone and 68 % of the arable land is
vulnerable to drought. The Western region of the country is represented by the
Thar Desert and the central India by the Deccan Plateau face recurring droughts
due to acute shortage of rainfall. India has increasingly become vulnerable to
Tsunamis since the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami. India has a coastline running
7600 km long.
A. Due to its geological set up.
India, due to its, physio-graphic and climatic conditions is one of the most disaster prone areas of the world. It is vulnerable to windstorms from both the Arabian Seaand Bay of Bengal. There are active crustal movements in the Himalaya leading to earthquakes. About 58.7 % of the toatal land mass is prone to earthquake of moderate to very high intensity. Floods brought about by heavy rain and drought in arid and semi arid areas. About 12 % of the o f the total land mass is flood prone and 68 % of the arable land is vulnerable to drought. The Western region of the country is represented by the Thar Desert and the central India by the Deccan Plateau face recurring droughts due to acute shortage of rainfall. India has increasingly become vulnerable to Tsunamis since the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami. India has a coastline running 7600 km long.
