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What is contour ploughing?

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What is contour ploughing?

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Contour ploughing (also spelled contour plowing) is a soil‑conservation method where fields on a slope are ploughed parallel to the land’s contour lines (across the slope) rather than up and down the slope.

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Chapter 5: Soils in India - Exercises [Page 135]

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Austine Vas, Hemant M. Pednekar, Vidhya Malar Geography Our Earth [English] Class 10 ICSE
Chapter 5 Soils in India
Exercises | Q VIII. 18. (i) | Page 135
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