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Mention two causes of soil erosion in India.
Topic: Causes of soil erosion
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(1) Deforestation — widespread in the Western Ghats and the Himalayan states. (2) Shifting (slash-and-burn) cultivation, which has stripped wide hill areas of the North-East and central India.
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