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Surface Water Wonders

Tanks called Kere were the most popular method of Illustration by:
irrigation in the central region of Karnataka. These tanks Rishabh, IXB, Swami
were built over streams or by-streams in valleys. Many tanks Vivekananda Public
School, Jagadhari
were built one after another to facilitate irrigation. This
ensured non-wastage
of water and helped in Jhalaras are man-made
checking overflow. tanks found in rajasthan

K. Sankirth, X H, Bharatiya and gujarat. They are meant
Vidya Bhavan’s Public for public use like bathing
School, Jubilee Hills, rituals. They are rectangular
Hyderabad and have steps on three or
four sides. These are built
to ensure easy and regular
supply of water to the Illustration by: Neha Arora, XI-D, Greenwood
Sr. Sec. School, Rampur
surrounding areas.
ahar Pynes were artificial channels constructed to utilize
river water in agricultural fields. ahar is a catchment basin Harneet Kaur, VIII, Pine Hall School, Dehradun
and Pynes are artificial channels built over these catchment
areas. This system declined during the 19 century as a
th
result of the policies of the british regime. however, in the Kund or Kundi is a
post-independence period, this system was revived and traditional system
is now popular in andhra Pradesh. This system has been of water harvesting
suitably used in bihar for many years. found in Thar Desert
of rajasthan. it is a
B. Anchala, X H, and S. Sumanth, IX A, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Public
School, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad covered underground
tank that was primarily used for storing drinking water.
This system was very popular in the arid regions of western
rajasthan. Kunds are owned either individually or by
communities. The first Kund in rajasthan was built in the year
1607.
Tanvi Shivam, XE, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s Public School, Jubilee Hills,
Hyderabad

Bamboo Drip Irrigation
Kuls are water channels
found mainly in the hilly For more than 200 years, tribal
regions particularly himachal farmers of Meghalaya have been
Pradesh. These channels carry using an indigenous technique of
water from glaciers to villages bamboo drip irrigation to irrigate
located in the valley. Kuls are their plantation crops. These farmers
found in the areas that have a of Jaintia and Khasi hills have
muddy terrain. developed this system of tapping
Yug Agarwal, X H, Bharatiya Vidya water from springs and streams.
Bhavan’s Public School, Jubilee Hills, Yash Agarwal, X, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
Hyderabad Public School, Hyderabad

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