WATER RESOURCES
WATER: THE CAUSE FOR ANOTHER WAR
REASONS FOR WATER SCARCITY IN INDIA
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THE NEED OF THE HOUR: TO CONSERVE WATER
Today, it is considered to be the fifth most polluted river in the world.
Reasons for the pollution of Ganga
Human Waste
Industrial Effluents
Religious Ceremonies
SOME MOVMENTS AGAINST WATER POLLUTION IN INDIA
USES OF DAMS
CONSEQUENCES WHEN A DAM IS BUILT...
• Regulating and damming of rivers affect their natural flow
causing poor sediment flow and excessive sedimentation
at the bottom of the reservoir resulting in rockier stream
beds and poor habitat for aquatic life's
• Make it difficult for aquatic fauna to migrate, especially
for spawning.
• Local people often have to give up their lands.
• Triggers flood
RAIN WATER HARVESTINGRainwater harvesting is a technology
used for collecting and storing rainwater
from rooftops, the land surface or rock
catchments using simple techniques such
as jars and pots as well as more complex
techniques such as underground check
dams.
KEEP CALM
QUIZ TIME
ITS
WHICH IS THE LONGEST MAN-MADE DAM IN THE
WORLD?
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WHICH IS THE LONGEST MAN-MADE DAM IN THE
WORLD?
26KM Long!
Impounds Mahanadi River
Near Sambalpur, Odisha
Built in the 1957
WHICH IS THE SMALLEST OCEAN OF
THE WORLD?
2
WHICH IS THE SMALLEST OCEAN OF THE WORLD?
13,986,000 Sq.Km in area
Around the North Pole
Titanic sank here...
Holds 25% of the world’s
undiscovered Petroleum!!!
WHICH IS THE TALLEST DAM IN THE WORLD?
3
WHICH IS THE TALLEST DAM IN THE WORLD?
305metre tall Arch Dam
In Tibetan China
Completed in 2013
WHICH IS THE TALLEST DAM IN THE WORLD?
305metre tall Arch Dam
In Tibetan China
Completed in 2013
WHICH IS THE LARGEST WATERFALLS IN THE
WORLD?
4
WHICH IS THE LARGEST WATERFALLS IN THE WORLD?
1,708m in width
UNESCO World Heritage
WHICH FALLS IS KNOWN AS "SUREN CHELLAKUTTI
FALLS" ?
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WHICH FALLS IS KNOWN AS "SUREN CHELLAKUTTI
FALLS" ?
25m talll
Also known as “The Niagara
of India”
A Key location in the epic
movie ‘Baahubali’** Additional Special Effects added
WHICH IS THE CLEANEST RIVER IN THE WORLD ?
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THE CLEANEST RIVER IN THE WORLD ?
Famous London Bridge
is built across this river
Once was the dirtiest
river....
WHICH IS THE WORLD'S DEEPEST RIVER?
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WHICH IS THE WORLD'S DEEPEST RIVER?
More than 220m deep
Also known as ‘Zaire’
Crosses the equator twice!
WHICH IS THE WORLD'S MOST POLLUTED RIVER?
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WHICH IS THE WORLD'S MOST POLLUTED RIVER?
WHICH IS THE FASTEST FLOWING RIVER IN THE
WORLD ?
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WHICH IS THE WORLD'S FASTEST RIVER?
WHICH IS THE LARGEST RIVER IN THE WORLD?
10
WHICH IS THE LARGEST RIVER IN THE WORLD?
Can reach upto 190km in width
There are no bridges that cross
the Amazon !!!
Piranhas & Anacondas can be
found here…
ANY QUESTIONS?
ASK ANY DOUBTS AND CLEAR THEM NOW!!!!!!!
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