In the Thar Desert, the day temperature may rise to 50" C and drop down to near 15° C in the same night. It is due to the fact that it is an undulating sandy plain covered with sand dunes. It has arid climate with low vegetation cover and the weather conditions drastically change during the day andRead more
In the Thar Desert, the day temperature may rise to 50″ C and drop down to near 15° C in the same night. It is due to the fact that it is an undulating sandy plain covered with sand dunes. It has arid climate with low vegetation cover and the weather conditions drastically change during the day and the night.
(i) The mid-western prairie was covered with a thick mat of grass with tough roots. New ploughs broke the sod and turned the soil over. By the early twentieth century, farmers in Great Plains broke the ground with tractors and disk ploughs, cleared vast stretches for wheat cultivation. (ii) MechanicRead more
(i) The mid-western prairie was covered with a thick mat of grass with tough roots. New ploughs broke the sod and turned the soil over. By the early twentieth century, farmers in Great Plains broke the ground with tractors and disk ploughs, cleared vast stretches for wheat cultivation.
(ii) Mechanical harvesting machines helped in cutting grain quickly. Earlier hundreds of men and women could be seen in the fields. By the early twentieth century, most farmers were using combined harvesters to cut grain.
(iii) New machines allowed big farmers to rapidly clear large tracts, break up soil, remove the grass and prepare the ground for cultivation. With power-driven machinery, four men could plough, seed and harvest 2000 to 4000 acres of wheat in a season.
(i) Nomadic tribes need to move from one place to another to earn their living. (ii) Advantages to the environment of their continuous movement are as follows : (o) The continuous movement allows the pastures to recover; it prevents their overuse. For example, Dhangar flocks of Maharashtra moved towRead more
(i) Nomadic tribes need to move from one place to another to earn their living. (ii) Advantages to the environment of their continuous movement are as follows : (o) The continuous movement allows the pastures to recover; it prevents their overuse. For example, Dhangar flocks of Maharashtra moved toward Konkan area manured the fields and fed on the stubble.
(6) In recent years nomads have been migrating to Haryana where sheep can graze on agricultural fields aft’er the harvests are cut. This is the time that the fields need manure that the animals provide. Environmentalists have recognised that pastoral nomadism is a form of life that is perfectly suited to many hilly and dry regions of the world.
European foresters regarded the practice of shifting cultivation as harmful for the forests' they felt that land which was used for cultivation, every few years could not grow trees for railway timber. Not only this, when a forest was burnt, there was the added danger of the flames spreading and burRead more
European foresters regarded the practice of shifting cultivation as harmful for the forests’ they felt that land which was used for cultivation, every few years could not grow trees for railway timber. Not only this, when a forest was burnt, there was the added danger of the flames spreading and burning valuable timber. Shifting cultivation also made it difficult for the government to calculate taxes. Therefore, the government banned shifting cultivation. As a result, many communities were forcibly displaced from their homes in the forests. Some had to change occupations, while some resisted through large and small rebellions. The condition of forest communities deteriorated.
A famine is characterised by wide spread deaths due to starvation and epidemics caused by forced use of contaminated water or decaying food and loss of body. resitance due to weakening from starvation.
A famine is characterised by wide spread deaths due to starvation and epidemics
caused by forced use of contaminated water or decaying food and loss of body. resitance due to weakening from starvation.
Which part of India does experience the highest range of temperature and why?
In the Thar Desert, the day temperature may rise to 50" C and drop down to near 15° C in the same night. It is due to the fact that it is an undulating sandy plain covered with sand dunes. It has arid climate with low vegetation cover and the weather conditions drastically change during the day andRead more
In the Thar Desert, the day temperature may rise to 50″ C and drop down to near 15° C in the same night. It is due to the fact that it is an undulating sandy plain covered with sand dunes. It has arid climate with low vegetation cover and the weather conditions drastically change during the day and the night.
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(i) The mid-western prairie was covered with a thick mat of grass with tough roots. New ploughs broke the sod and turned the soil over. By the early twentieth century, farmers in Great Plains broke the ground with tractors and disk ploughs, cleared vast stretches for wheat cultivation. (ii) MechanicRead more
(i) The mid-western prairie was covered with a thick mat of grass with tough roots. New ploughs broke the sod and turned the soil over. By the early twentieth century, farmers in Great Plains broke the ground with tractors and disk ploughs, cleared vast stretches for wheat cultivation.
See less(ii) Mechanical harvesting machines helped in cutting grain quickly. Earlier hundreds of men and women could be seen in the fields. By the early twentieth century, most farmers were using combined harvesters to cut grain.
(iii) New machines allowed big farmers to rapidly clear large tracts, break up soil, remove the grass and prepare the ground for cultivation. With power-driven machinery, four men could plough, seed and harvest 2000 to 4000 acres of wheat in a season.
Explain why nomadic tribes need to move from one place to another. What are the advantages to the environment of this continuous movement?
(i) Nomadic tribes need to move from one place to another to earn their living. (ii) Advantages to the environment of their continuous movement are as follows : (o) The continuous movement allows the pastures to recover; it prevents their overuse. For example, Dhangar flocks of Maharashtra moved towRead more
(i) Nomadic tribes need to move from one place to another to earn their living. (ii) Advantages to the environment of their continuous movement are as follows : (o) The continuous movement allows the pastures to recover; it prevents their overuse. For example, Dhangar flocks of Maharashtra moved toward Konkan area manured the fields and fed on the stubble.
See less(6) In recent years nomads have been migrating to Haryana where sheep can graze on agricultural fields aft’er the harvests are cut. This is the time that the fields need manure that the animals provide. Environmentalists have recognised that pastoral nomadism is a form of life that is perfectly suited to many hilly and dry regions of the world.
Explain how the changes in the forest management in the colonial period affected the shifting cultivators,
European foresters regarded the practice of shifting cultivation as harmful for the forests' they felt that land which was used for cultivation, every few years could not grow trees for railway timber. Not only this, when a forest was burnt, there was the added danger of the flames spreading and burRead more
European foresters regarded the practice of shifting cultivation as harmful for the forests’ they felt that land which was used for cultivation, every few years could not grow trees for railway timber. Not only this, when a forest was burnt, there was the added danger of the flames spreading and burning valuable timber. Shifting cultivation also made it difficult for the government to calculate taxes. Therefore, the government banned shifting cultivation. As a result, many communities were forcibly displaced from their homes in the forests. Some had to change occupations, while some resisted through large and small rebellions. The condition of forest communities deteriorated.
See lessWhat is a famine?
A famine is characterised by wide spread deaths due to starvation and epidemics caused by forced use of contaminated water or decaying food and loss of body. resitance due to weakening from starvation.
A famine is characterised by wide spread deaths due to starvation and epidemics
See lesscaused by forced use of contaminated water or decaying food and loss of body. resitance due to weakening from starvation.