Question 5 - Past Year Questions - 3 marks - Chapter 3 Class 10 Geography - Water Resources - Geography

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What is Bamboo Drip Irrigation? Mention any two features of it.

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Points to Remember

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Answer to be written in the exam

  1.  The B amboo Drip Irrigation System  which was prevalent in Meghalaya is a 200-year-old method of tapping stream and spring water using bamboo pipe and gravity to transport water from higher to lower regions.
  • Features of  Bamboo Drip Irrigation System:
  1. About 18-20 litres of water enters the bamboo pipe system , gets transported over hundreds of metres , and finally reduces to 20-80 drops per minute at the site of the plant .
  2. The flow of water into the pipes is controlled by manipulating the pipe positions .

 

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