THAR DESERT Kunds / Kundis A kund or kundi looks like an upturned cup nestling in a saucer. These structures harvest rainwater for drinking, and dot the sandier tracts of the Thar Desert in w... |
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Rural water harvesting It is heartening to see the revival of traditional water harvesting systems in various ecological zones of India. Communities in the face of adversity have revived or created new... |
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Depth to hard rock Technology Urban AT A GLANCE People The Potential Harvesting System n Components n Design n Construction n Maintenance n Cost Initiative n Practices n Projects n Legislation n In ... |
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WESTERN HIMALAYA P. R. Mishra Sukhomajri, Haryana Parasu Ram Mishra Parasu Ram Mishra, the man behind the Sukhomajri experiment, passed away on March 25, 2000 in Palamau, Jharkh... |
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Environmental Management and Disaster Risk Reduction E+D Home Documents Tools Cases Organizations Resources Documents and Articles GDRC Outputs Environment ...... |
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What is drought? Droughts can be of three kinds:- (i) Meteorological drought: This happens when the actual rainfall in an area is significantly less than the climatological mean of that area... |
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Environmental Management and Disaster Risk Reduction E+D Home Documents Tools Cases Organizations Resources Tools and Guidelines Emergency Response Gudidebook ...... |
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Urban Environmental Management Japan Urban Observatory A repository of Information on Urban Japan Local Governments in Japan (Summary) Local ...... |
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PULICAT LAKE Back to previous page Click on areas Background Links Chronology People Background Pulicat Lake is the located 60 km north of Chennai city and is the second largest brackish – water lake or la ... |
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The Thar Desert covers an area of 44.6 million hectare (mha), of which 27.8 mha lie in India and the rest in Pakistan. The desert is bounded by the Aravalli hills in the east, by the fertile Indus a... |
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