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Question
Mention three effects of excessive irrigation.
Solution
Effects of excessive irrigation are as follows:
1. It causes water logging.
2. It increases soil salinity.
3. It causes the death of crop plants by limiting the amount of oxygen available to the roots of the plants.
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