Geography
(i) What is meant by traditional or conventional methods of irrigation?
(ii) Name any two conventional methods of irrigation.
Answer
(i) Traditional methods of irrigation means to supply water to the plant zone by pumped water from surface or subsurface sources like ponds, rivers, channels or groundwater through earthen channels or pipes with gravitational force.
(ii) Two conventional methods of irrigation are wells and tanks.
Related Questions
What is meant by the term 'water scarcity'? What has caused this scarcity in India?
Give a geographical reason for each of the following:
(i) Inundation canals are being converted to perennial canals.
(ii) Tank irrigation is preferred over other means of irrigation in Peninsular India.
(iii) Groundwater reserves are depleting at a fast rate.
State any two drawbacks of conventional methods of irrigation.
Give two advantages and two disadvantages of well irrigation.