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The Ganges basin in Bangladesh has a humid climate, but it is vulnerable to drought in the summer as well as during the monsoon months. Mean annual rainfall ranges from 1,270 mm in the Western part of Raj shahi to about 3,000 mm in the coastal region in the South, meaning that the climate of the Western Ganges basin is naturally unfavorable for agriculture. Agricultural activities are largely dependent on the water supply from the Ganges River and its distributaries. The Ganges-Kobadak (G-K) project (Figure 9.1 and Box 9.1), one of the country’s largest surface water irrigation projects based on the water supply from the Ganges River was planned in the 1950s.
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Mirza, M.M.Q., Hossain, M.A. (2004). Adverse Effects on Agriculture in the Ganges Basin in Bangladesh. In: Mirza, M.M.Q. (eds) The Ganges Water Diversion: Environmental Effects and Implications. Water Science and Technology Library, vol 49. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-2792-5_9
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