Vaishali Gupta, Supriya Seshadri and, Shalini Bajaj Solutions for Exercise 4: Exercises
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Recall and complete the concept map given below.

Label the water table and aquifer in the picture given below.

Look at the map of India shown below. The scale on the left-hand side represents the percentage depletion of groundwater.
a. Which states have the maximum depletion of groundwater?
b. Name two states where the water depletion is around .
c. Identify any three states that have minimum depletion of groundwater?
d. What could be the possible reasons for groundwater depletion?

Find out the difference between organic farming and commercial farming. Also, find out the amount of water required for growing crops in each case, and the affect they have on groundwater pollution? In which states do farmers grow crops organically?

Why is the groundwater level falling in metropolitan cities like Delhi?

Why were all the ancient civilizations developed on the banks of rivers?

'Life is not possible on the Earth without freshwater.' Analyse and discuss.

Evaluate traditional irrigation methods against modern methods (such as drip irrigation) on the following parameters - water conservation, yield of the crop, cost, effectiveness, groundwater level, etc.
