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NCERT Class 10 Geography chapter 3 notes by Vibha Maam | Water Resources | Precise Notes

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This post is the precise notes of class 10 Geography chapter 3 notes

Water Resources notes by Vibha Maam

The three-fourth of the earth’s surface is covered with water but the proportion of freshwater is very small. Fresh water is mainly obtained from the surface runoff and groundwater. It is continuously being renewed and recharged through the hydrological cycle.

    Then how do we suffer from water scarcity? What are the reasons behind the water scarcity?

  • Low rainfall, 
  • Varied availability of water resources,
  • Over exploitation, 
  • Excessive use and 
  • Unequal access of water
  • Industrialisation
  • Urbanization
  • Pollution

Aspects of water scarcity

 

Quantitative aspects of Water Scarcity

        Water scarcity may be an outcome of a large and growing population. The consequence of the large population is greater demands for water and unequal access to it. A large population means more water not only for domestic use but also to produce more food. 

       Most farmers have their own Wells and tube wells in their farms for irrigation. it may lead to falling underground levels. The lack of underground water adversely affects water availability and food security of the country.

      The  increasing number of industries has made matters worse  by exerting pressure on existing freshwater resources. Industries apart from being heavy users of water, also require power to run them.

 Most industries have their own ground water pumping device to meet their water needs. water resources are being over exploited and have caused their depletion in several of these cities.

 

Qualitative aspects of water scarcity

     Where water is sufficiently available to meet the needs of the people, this scarcity may be due to bad quality of water. It is hazardous for human use. It may be polluted by domestic and industrial waste. Chemicals, pesticides and fertilizers that are used in agriculture are also responsible as well.

 

Conservation of water resources

  Water can be conserved by building dams, reservoirs, embankments and canals. To prevent the degradation of our natural ecosystem, over exploitation and mismanagement of water sources, to safeguard ourselves from health hazard, to ensure our food security we should conserve and manage our water resources. s

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Multipurpose river projects

Some major multi-purpose projects: –

  • Damodar Dam 
  • River- Hugli
  • State- Jharkhand & W. Bengal
  • Bhakra- Nangal Dam
  • River- Satluj-Beas
  • State- Himachal & Punjab    
  • Hirakud Dam
  • River- Mahanadi
  • State- Odisha
  • Tehri Dam
  • River- Bhagirathi & Bhilangana
  • State- Uttarakhand
  • Nagarjuna Sagar Dam
  • River- Krishna
  • State- Telangana
  • Kosi Dam
  • River- Kosi
  • State- Bihar
  • Tungabhadra or Pampa Sagar Dam
  • River- Tungabhadra
  • State- Karnataka

          

What is a Dam?

     A dam is a barrier across the water river  to hold back water and to control the flow of water by creating a reservoir, lake or impoundment.

 

Classification of Dams based on Structure and Materials

  1. Timber dams
  2. Embankment dams
  3. Masonry dams

 

Advantages of Multipurpose projects

Dams are built not only for irrigation but also for generating electricity, water supply for domestic and industrial uses, flood control, recreation, inland navigation and fish breeding.

     For example, the Bhakra- Nangal project over Satluj- Beas river basin is being used for electricity production and irrigation. Similarly, the Hirakud project against the Mahanadi basin integrates conservation of water with flood control.

Jawaharlal Nehru proclaimed “the dams are the temples of modern India.”

 

Disadvantages of multipurpose projects

  • High cost of construction
  • Restricted natural flow of water
  • Excessive sedimentation
  • Bad habitats for the rivers aquatic life difficult for aquatic fauna to migrate submerge the existing vegetation
  • Loss of land
  • Water borne diseases
  • Salination of farmland
  • Excessive use of water
  • Increase earthquake intensity
  • Land degradation
  • Extensive soil erosion
  • Cause of flood

 

Social Movement and opposition against Multi-purpose Projects

     Multipurpose projects and large dams also have been the cause of many social movements  like ‘Narmada Bachao Andolan’ and ‘Tehri Dam Andolan’ etc., because these projects have created large scale displacement of local communities. local people often had to give up their land, livelihood and the meager access and control over resources for the greater good of the nation.

 

Who benefits from these projects?

  • The land owners
  • Large farmers
  • Industrialist and
  • Few urban centres 

      It also creates a  deep social gap between the rich landowners and the landless poor.

      Dams create conflict between the inter-water state.

 

How to conserve water  or water harvesting

     Rainwater can be conserved by the harvesting system. water harvesting system in mountainous region people built diversion channels like Guls or Kuls.

    Rooftop rainwater harvesting was commonly practiced in Rajasthan.

    Khadins in Jaisalmer and Johads in other parts of Rajasthan.

    The underground tanks or tankas are used to store water in Bikaner.

    Tamilnadu is the first state in India which has made rooftop rainwater harvesting structures compulsory to all the houses.

 

Need for Rainwater Harvesting

  • Sustainable development
  • To improve ground water quality
  • To reduce decline in groundwater levels
  • To overcome the shortage of water
  • To enhance ecology by increasing vegetation cover
  • Rooftop water harvesting is the most common practice in Shillong.

Shillong, capital of Meghalaya, faces an acute shortage of water whereas, Maghalaya receives the highest rainfall in the world.

Gendathur, a backward village of Mysore, Karnataka has earned the distinction of being rich in rainwater harvesting.

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Kavita Chaudhary
Kavita Chaudhary
2 years ago

super notes, easy to understand Your affort is appreciable

vansh
vansh
2 years ago

excellent and explicit notes

Ayushi Saini
Ayushi Saini
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