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Trans Himalayan Region : Traditional Water Harvesting Systems

TRANS-HIMALAYAN REGION Zings Zings are water harvesting structures found in Ladakh. They are small tanks, in which collects melted glacier water. Essential to the system is the network of ...

http://www.rainwaterharvesting.org/Rural/tranhimreg_tradi.htm Sat, 11 May 2013, 23:57:18 UTC

Eastern Himalaya : Traditional Water Harvesting Systems

EASTERN HIMALAYA Apatani This is a wet rice cultivation cum fish farming system practiced in elevated regions of about 1600 m and gentle sloping valleys, having an average annual rainfall about ...

http://www.rainwaterharvesting.org/Rural/easthim_tradi.htm Sat, 11 May 2013, 23:56:34 UTC

Eastern Ghats : Traditional Water Harvesting Systems

EASTERN GHATS Korambus Korambu is a temporary dam stretching across the mouth of channels, made of brushwood, mud and grass. It is constructed by horizontally fixing a strong wooden beam touchi...

http://www.rainwaterharvesting.org/Rural/east_ghats_tradi.htm Sat, 11 May 2013, 23:56:36 UTC

The Central Highlands : Traditional Harvesting Systems

CENTRAL HIGHLANDS Talab / Bandhis Talabs a re reservoirs. They may be natural, such as the ponds (pokhariyan) at Tikamgarh in the Bundelkhand region. They can also be human-made, such the la...

http://www.rainwaterharvesting.org/Rural/cent_highland_tradi.htm Sat, 11 May 2013, 23:56:20 UTC

Western Coastal Plains : Traditional Water Harvesting Systems

WESTERN COASTAL PLAINS Virdas Virdas are shallow wells dug in low depressions called jheels (tanks). They are found all over the Banni grasslands, a part of the Great Rann of Kutch in Gujarat...

http://www.rainwaterharvesting.org/Rural/wcp_tradi.htm Sat, 11 May 2013, 23:57:18 UTC

Pani Yatra in Nagar village Rajastahan- Rainwaterharvesting.org

... basic principle: Catch water where it falls TRADITIONAL Indigenous systems MODERN Contempo ...

http://www.rainwaterharvesting.org/methods/paniyatra.htm Thu, 06 Jan 2011, 02:21:52 UTC

Water Harvesting Systems : Traditional Systems

Dighis Emperor Shahjahan (1627-58 AD) first shifted the city from the Aravalli hills towards the plains of the Yamuna. But he made sufficient arrangements to meet the water needs of the new palace, the a...

http://www.rainwaterharvesting.org/Rural/igp_dighi.htm Sat, 11 May 2013, 23:56:40 UTC

Eastern Highlands : Traditional Water Harvesting Systems

EASTERN HIGHLANDS Katas / Mundas / Bandhas The katas, mundas and bandhas were the main irrigation sources in the ancient tribal kingdom of the Gonds (now in Orissa and Madhya Pradesh). Most...

http://www.rainwaterharvesting.org/Rural/east-high_tradi.htm Sat, 11 May 2013, 23:56:32 UTC

Western Ghats : Traditional Water Harvesting Systems

WESTERN GHATS Surangam Kasaragod district in the northern Malabar region of Kerala is an area whose people cannot depend directly on surface water. The terrain is such that there is high disc...

http://www.rainwaterharvesting.org/Rural/west_ghat_tradi.htm Sat, 11 May 2013, 23:57:20 UTC

Water Harvesting Systems : Traditional Systems

THAR DESERT Kunds / Kundis A kund or kundi looks like an upturned cup nestling in a saucer. These structures harvest rainwater for drinking, and dot the sandier tracts of the Thar Desert in w...