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title: "Black Soil Cotton Belt (Deccan): Regur & Cotton"
description: "The Black Soil Cotton Belt is a key cotton-growing region in the Deccan Plateau, vital for UPSC geography and agriculture studies in India."
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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

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- The Black Soil Cotton Belt is the cotton-growing region of the Deccan Plateau underlain by regur soils derived from Deccan Trap basalt, spanning Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Madhya Pradesh.
- Why is regur soil particularly suited to cotton cultivation?
- How does Deccan cotton differ from cotton grown in Punjab and Haryana?
- Is the Black Soil Cotton Belt the same as the Deccan Trap?
- Which states form the core of the belt?

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