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The Gangetic Plains are dominated by

Gangetic Plains biogeographic zone formed by Quaternary alluvial deposition by Himalayan rivers Ganga, Yamuna, Ghaghara, Kosi, Gandak transporting vast silt over millions of years creating deep fertile tract extending Punjab to Bengal. Soil type predominantly alluvial entisol and inceptisol classified as khadar new floodplain annually inundated and bhangar older Pleistocene upland with kankar nodules. Alluvial soils loamy, high in potash, phosphoric acid, relatively low organic carbon, highly productive supporting intensive rice-wheat cropping system feeding over 400 million people. Rememberin

Ref: NCERT Geography Alluvial Soil Gangetic Plains; FAO Soil Map Fluvisol Alluvial Description

Which biome is characterized by sclerophyllous vegetation?

“Chaparral” for which biome is characterized by sclerophyllous vegetation. This relationship follows from the ecological mechanism represented by the terms in the item, not merely from an association between their names. Terrestrial biomes are distinguished primarily by long-term temperature and precipitation regimes, their seasonality, and the vegetation physiognomy those conditions support. Latitude is informative only because it often covaries with climate. The remaining alternatives—“Savanna”, “Tundra”, “Taiga”—refer to different states, processes, or scales and therefore do not express th

Ref: Campbell Biology, Urry et al., 12th Ed., Ch. 52