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What is meant by watershed management? What are its advantages? |
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Answer» Watershed management is a term used to describe the process of implementing land use practices and water management practices to protect and improve the quality of the water and other natural resources within a watershed by managing the use of those land and water resources in a comprehensive manner. Its Advantages: (i) The main aim is to develop primary resources of land and water. (ii) To produce secondary resources of plants and animals for use in a manner which will hot cause ecological imbalance. (iii) Watershed management not only increases the production and income of the watershed community, but also mitigates droughts and floods and increases the life of the downstream dam and reservoirs. |
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