Question

Explain the traditional water harvesting system with a suitable diagram. Write about the techniques of water harvesting.

Answer 1

 TRADITIONAL

Water has been harvested in India since antiquity, with our ancestors perfecting the art of water management. Many water harvesting structures and water conveyance systems specific to the eco-regionsand culture has been developed.They harvested the rain drop directly. From rooftops, they collected water and stored it in tanks built in their courtyards. From open community lands, they collected the rain and stored it in artificial wells.
They harvested monsoon runoff by capturing water from swollen streams during the monsoon season and stored it various forms of water bodies. 
They harvested water from flooded River 1. Trans-Himalayan Region 
Zing
2. Western Himalaya 

Kul
Naula
Kuhl
Khatri.
3. Eastern Himalaya 

Apatani 
4. Northeastern Hill Ranges 

Zabo
Cheo-oziihi
Bamboo drip irrigation.
5. Brahmaputra valley 
Dongs
Dungs/jampois
6. Indo-Gangetic Plains 
Ahars-pynes
Bengal's Inundation channels
Dighis
Baolis
7. Thar Desert 


Kunds/kundis
Kuis/beris
Baoris/bers
Jhalaras
Nadi
Tobas 
Tankas
Khadins
Vav/Vavdi/Baoli/Bavadi
Virdas 
Paar8. Central Highlands 



Talab/Bandhis
Saza Kuva
Johads
Naada/bandh
Pat
Rapat 
Chandela tank
Bundela tank9. Eastern highlands 



Katas/Mundas/Bandhas10. Deccan Plateau 



Cheruvu
Kohli tanks
Bhandaras
Phad
Kere
The Ramtek Model11. Western Ghats 

Answer 2

Hi friends!

These are some rainwater harvesting systems:

1)Collection of water in ponds.

2)Construction of small earthen dams.

3)khadins,tanks,basis in Rajasthan.

4)bandharas and tals in Maharashtra.

5)bundhis in Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.

6)ahars and pynes in Bihar.

7)kuhls in Himachal Pradesh.

8) ponds in Jammu and Kashmir.

9)Eris in Tamil Nadu.

10)surangams in Kerala.

11)kuttas in karnataka