Question

Explain a traditional of rain water harvesting

Answer 1

) In hilly and mountainous regions, people built diversion channels like ‘gul’ or ‘kul’ in Western Himalaya for agriculture.
(b) Roof-top rain water harvesting was commonly practised to store drinking water particularly in Rajasthan.
(c) In West Bengal, people develop inundation channels to irrigate their fields.
(d) In semi-arid regions agricultural fields were converted into rain fed storage structures called Khadins and Johads that allowed the water to stand and moist the soil.

Answer 2

1.guls and kuls is method used in hilly and mountainous region
2.inudation channel in flood plain of bengal