State the geographical conditions required for the cultivation of rice in India. Name the regions where rice is grown.
Geographical conditions for the cultivation of rice and regions where it is grown are given below : It is a Kharif crop. It requires high temperature (above 25 °C) and high humidity. It requires rainfall above 100 cm annually. In the areas of less rainfall, it grows with the help of irrigation. Rice is grown in the plains of north and north-eastern India, coastal areas and the deltaic regions. Development of dense network of canal irrigation and tube wells have made possible to grow rice in areas of less rainfall such as Haryana, Punjab and western UP and parts of Rajasthan.
