How are rainwater systems prevalent in India with different names… - Vidyadip

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How are rainwater systems prevalent in India with different names and methods?

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In hilly and mountainous regions, people built diversion channels like ‘gul’ or ‘kul’ in Western Himalaya for agriculture.
Roof-top rain water harvesting was commonly practised to store drinking water particularly in Rajasthan.
In West Bengal, people develop inundation channels to irrigate their fields.
In semi-arid regions agricultural fields were converted into rain fed storage structures called Khadins and Johads that allowed the water to stand and moist the soil.

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