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Question
Give two advantages and one disadvantages that tube wells have over surface wells.
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Solution
Advantages: Tube wells do not result in evaporation of water like suface wells. It irrigates large area (400 hectares).
Disadvantage: However tube wells are only possible in areas where the groundwater level is not too low power is needed to drain water.
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Give a reason why traditional means of irrigation are still important in most parts of India.
Name a state where Tube wells are common.
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Give one geographical reason for each of the following statements:
Canal irrigation leads to the ground around it becoming unproductive.
Development of irrigation is essential for the growth of the agriculture sector of India.
Why is canal irrigation more popular in Northern India?
Irrigation is necessary despite the monsoon.
Irrigation arrangements are no less important in areas of heavy rainfall in India.
State two reasons why there is a need for irrigation in India.
