Natural Resources - Water and Forest Wealth
Natural Resources - Water and Forest Wealth
Natural Resources - Water and Forest Wealth
Water Wealth
DEFINITION
Natural resources (economically referred to
as land or raw materials) occur naturally
within environments that exist relatively
undisturbed by mankind, in a natural form.
CLASSIFICATION
On the basis of origin:
Biotic
Abiotic
Renewable resources
Non-renewable resources
TYPES OF NATURAL
RESOURCES
Forest Resources
Water Resources
Mineral Resources
Food Resources
Energy Resources
Land Resources
WATER RESOURCES
What are water resources?
Water resources are sources of water that
are useful or potentially useful.
Uses of water include agricultural, industrial,
household, recreational and environmental
activities.
The majority of human uses require fresh
water.
Resources Overview
General Stats
1. Surface water
a) Rivers
2. Ground water
3. Rainfall
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Surface Water
Surface water is available on the surface of
the earth in the form of rivers, lakes, ponds,
canals, etc. However, rivers comprise the
most important source of surface water.
India is blessed with a large number of
major, medium and small size rivers.
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Rivers
As many as 13 of them are classified as
major rivers whose total catchment area is
252.8 million hectares (m. ha).
This is about 83 per cent of the total area of
all drainage basins.
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Major rivers
1. Ganga
2. Indus
3. Brahmaputra
4. Narmada
5. Tapi
6. Godavari
7. Krishna
8. Mahanadi
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Lakes
Lakes of India are not only significant
geographically but also are major tourist
attractions.
As far as the lakes of India are concerned
there are both natural and man made
lakes to be found across the subcontinent.
The location of the various lakes in India is
an added attraction for the travellers.
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Ground Water
• The water that lies beneath the ground
surface, filling the pore space between grains
in bodies of sediment and classic sedimentary
rock, and filling cracks and crevices in all
types of rock
• Source of ground water is rain that falls to
the ground a portion of which percolates
down into the ground to become ground
water.
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Rainfall
Average Annual Rainfall - 1170 mm
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Winter
Monsoon
(Jan-Feb)
Pre
Monsoon
(Mar-May
Monsoon
Temporal Variation
(Jun-Sep)
Post
Monsoon
All India
(Oct-Dec)
Water Availability
(In Billion cubic meter)
Forest absorbs many toxic gasses and air pollutants and can
help in keeping air pure.
Economical Importance of Forest
Timber: Wood used for commercial purposes like
for making furniture and other items like boats,
bridges and other day to day uses.
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d
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• Dry Tropical forests:
a) Tropical dry deciduous: Madhya Pradesh,
Uttar Pradesh
b) Tropical thorn forest: Delhi, Punjab, Gujarat
c) Tropical dry evergreen: Eastern Ghat b
( Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu)
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MANAGEMENT AND
CONSERVATION OF NATURAL
RESOURCES
NATURAL RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT