A watershed is an area of land and water bounded by a drainage divide within which the surface runoff collects and flows out of the watershed through a single outlet into a lager river ( or ) lake. Watershed management hasto be encouraged:
- To control damaging runoff and degradation and thereby conservation of soil and water.
- To manage and utilize the runoff water for useful purpose.
- To protect, conserve and improve the land of watershed for more efficient and
- sustained production.
- To protect and enhance the water resource originating in the watershed.
- To check soil erosion and to reduce the effect of sediment yield on the watershed.
- To rehabilitate the deteriorating lands.
- To moderate the floods peaks at down stream areas.
- To increase infiltration of rainwater.
- To improve and increase the production of timbers, fodder and wild life resource.
- To enhance the ground water recharge, wherever applicable.
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