Question

Q. Difference between contour ploughing and terrace farming.​

Answer 1

In terracing, wide steps are cut around the slopes of hills to prevent soil erosion. Contour ploughing follows the “natural shape” of the slope without altering it. Terrace farming alters the shape of the slope to produce flat areas that provide a catchment for water.

Answer 2

Contour farming includes ploughing the land along the contours of the field, rather than in straight lines; it prevents soil erosion and formation of gullies and rills.

Contour ploughing follows the “natural shape” of the slope without altering it.

Terrace farming is a sloped plane that has been cut into successively receding flat surfaces or platform, they look like steps and are used in rice farming.

Terrace farming alters the shape of the slope to produce flat areas that provide a catchment for water.

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