CH: 3 Geography
Class 10th CH:3 Water Resource
CBSE Class 10th
Session 2022-2023
NCERT IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
Class 10th SST Geography CH:3 Water Resources Important Questions
CBSE Board and other State Board
Important Extra Questions Class 10th SST
Describe in Gendathur, a remote backward village in Mysuru, Karnataka, villagers have installed, in their household’s rooftop?
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In Gendathur, a remote backward village in Mysuru, Karnataka, villagers have installed, in their household’s rooftop, rainwater harvesting system to meet their water needs. Nearly 200 households have installed this system and the village has earned the rare distinction of being rich in rainwater. harvesting system which is adapted here. Gendathur receives an annual precipitation of1,000 mm, and with 80 per cent of collection efficiency and of about 10 fillings, every house can collect and use about 50,000 litres of water annually. From the 200 houses, the net amount of rainwater harvested annually amounts to1,00,000 litres.