Question

what do you understand by watershed management list any two advantage of watershed Management

Answer 1

Watershed management is a term used to describe process of implementing land use practices and water management to protect and improve the quality of water

Supplies clean water for agriculture industry and households
Help in saving water and reducing overusage of underground water

Answer 2

Watershed management emphasises scientific soil and water conservation in order to increase the biomass production.

Advantages:

(i) The main aim is to develop primary resources of land and water.

(ii) To produce secondary resources of plants and animals for use in a manner which will hot cause ecological imbalance.

(iii) Watershed management not only increases the production and income of the watershed community, but also mitigates droughts and floods and increases the life of the downstream dam and reservoirs.