Laterite soils in India are found in the Eastern Ghat of Orissa, the Southern parts of Western Ghat, Malabar Coastal plains and Ratnagiri of Maharashtra and some part of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Meghalaya, western part of West Bengal. Laterite soils are said to farraginous aluminous … [Read more...]
Methods of Soil Conservation in India
Several Methods of Soil conservation have been adopted in India. More than 40 million hectares of land in India have been reclaimed from water erosion, wind erosion and gully erosion. Raindrop erosion has been checked by creating grassland cover. By afforestation soil erosion may be checked as … [Read more...]
Wet Evergreen Forest in India
Evergreen Forests are forests where trees have green leaves across all the four seasons of the year. Wet evergreen forests in India are found in the Terai Region of Eastern Himalayas, Western slopes of Western Ghats and in the island of Andaman and Nicober etc. The west evergreen forests thrive … [Read more...]
Brief information on Source of Indus River
The Indus rises from the springs of Sin Khabab glacier about 100 km. north of Mansarovar in Tibet. It traverses 250 km. in Tibet before entering Kashmir. It traverses Kashmir diagonally for a distance of 650 km. remaining confined within a narrow gorge, 10 km. wide on an average. Before entering … [Read more...]
Importance of Irrigation in Indian Agriculture
Introduction: Irrigation refers to the process of supply of water through artificial means such as pipes, ditches, sprinklers, etc. The irrigation system helps the farmers to have less dependency on rain-water for the purpose of agriculture. The necessity and importance of irrigation is highlighted … [Read more...]
The Course of River Brahmaputra (Tsangpo-Brahmaputra)
The River Brahmaputra has its source in the Chemayungdung glacier of the Kailash Mountain (Himalayas in Tibet) and flows towards the east. It is known as the River Tsangpo in Tibet. Among the total length of 2900 km, it flows for about 885 km in India. It enters India after taking a sharp bend … [Read more...]
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