(i) Discuss how rainwater harvesting in semi-arid regions of Rajasthan is carried out.
(ii) Describe how modern adaptations of traditional rainwater harvesting methods are being carried out to conserve and store water.
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1) The people in Jaisalmer built 'khadins' to store rainwater. ... Collected water then seeps into the soil. This water saturates land which is then used for growing crops.
2 (a) Rooftop rainwater harvesting' is practiced in semi-arid areas of Rajasthan to store drinking water.
(b) In hills and mountainous regions people build diversion channels like that in the Western Himalayas for agriculture
c) In flood plains of bengal people develops inundation channels to irrigate their fields.
d) Bamboo drift method is used in Meghalaya and other North Indian States.
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