Explain land resources with examples??
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Land resources mean the resources available from the land, thus the agricultural land which contain natural fertilizer for growth of the products sown; the underground water, the various minerals like coal, bauxite, gold and other raw materials.
Examples are any and all particular geographical locations, mineral deposits, forests, fish stocks, atmospheric quality, geostationary orbits, and portions of the electromagnetic spectrum.
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# Land resource
<> Land is a natural resource of utmost importance. We live on land, it supports natural vegetation and wild life. We perform our economic activities on land and use it in different ways to fulfill our needs. Land is limited in size. It covers about 30% of the total area of the earth's surface. Out of this 30%,90% of the world population occupies only 30% of the land area. The rest of the land is either sparsely populated or not inhabited.
<> Land resources includes natural resources for an example - gold , timber , coal , iron ore , uranium, oil, water , soil , air , plants, and animals.
<> Land is used for a variety of purposes say for agriculture,setting up of industries, building houses, airports, shopping, malls, mining, forestry, construction of roads, railway offices, etc.
<> This is termed as 'land use' . The use of land is determined by two sets of factors which are following:
* physical Factors such as climate ( temperature, rainfall, pressure and humidity), soil types , terrain ( mountains , plateaus, plains) minerals and availability of forests.
* Human Factors such as population density, technological capability , economic status, culture traditions , wants and needs.
<> Land apart from being defined on the basis of land use, can also be classified on the basis of ownership as private and community land.
* private land is owned by individuals , while community land is owned by community as a whole , for say collection of folders, medicinal herbs , grazing of cattle , or for social and religious engagements.
<> Land is a natural resource of utmost importance. We live on land, it supports natural vegetation and wild life. We perform our economic activities on land and use it in different ways to fulfill our needs. Land is limited in size. It covers about 30% of the total area of the earth's surface. Out of this 30%,90% of the world population occupies only 30% of the land area. The rest of the land is either sparsely populated or not inhabited.
<> Land resources includes natural resources for an example - gold , timber , coal , iron ore , uranium, oil, water , soil , air , plants, and animals.
<> Land is used for a variety of purposes say for agriculture,setting up of industries, building houses, airports, shopping, malls, mining, forestry, construction of roads, railway offices, etc.
<> This is termed as 'land use' . The use of land is determined by two sets of factors which are following:
* physical Factors such as climate ( temperature, rainfall, pressure and humidity), soil types , terrain ( mountains , plateaus, plains) minerals and availability of forests.
* Human Factors such as population density, technological capability , economic status, culture traditions , wants and needs.
<> Land apart from being defined on the basis of land use, can also be classified on the basis of ownership as private and community land.
* private land is owned by individuals , while community land is owned by community as a whole , for say collection of folders, medicinal herbs , grazing of cattle , or for social and religious engagements.
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