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No dear! Different crops need
                          different types of climates, seasons
                          and soils to grow.















         Wheat is grown in the
         loamy soil of Punjab,
         Haryana and Uttar
         Pradesh.
                                                                     Tea is grown in moist soil on
         Bajra and jowar are               l                         the slopes of hills of Darjeeling,
         grown in the sandy                                          Assam and Nilgiri.
         soil of Rajasthan.                l    l

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                                                                                    Rice and jute are grown
                                                                                    in the clayey soil of
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         Coconut trees                                                              West Bengal.
         are grown in
         coastal areas of                                          Cotton is grown in the black soil, and
         Kerala and Goa.          l                                maize in dry soil of Maharashtra, Gujarat
                                                                   and Madhya Pradesh.




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