Watershed Management


 
 
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Watershed Management

Watershed Management:

Watershed management aims at scientific conservation of soil and water in order to increase the biomass production. The aim is to develop primary resources of land and water to increase the production of secondary resources of plants and animals for their use in a way that will not result in ecological imbalance.

The advantages of watershed management are

 1. It increases the production and income of watershed community,

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Question : 1

Which of the following are correct ?

(a) Watershed management is the analysis ,protection ,development ,use  and management of the land vegetation and water resource of a given watershed .

(b) Watershed management play an important role in the conservation of water .

(c) The advantages of watershed management are that it increases the production and income of watershed community, reduces droughts and floods.

Right Option : D
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Question : 2

Which of the following statements is not associated with watershed management?

Right Option : D
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Question : 3

Collecting rainwater and storing later use is called rainwater harvesting. Which of the following statments are not true for the teachnique of rooftop rainwater harvesting ?

  • (i) Roadside drains collect rainwater.
  • (ii) Rainwater from roof top is collected in storage tanks.
  • (iii) This collected rainwater contains soil, so it needs to be filtered.
  • (iv) This practice reduces the grouns water available to us.
Right Option : D
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