Here u will find all information about Land and it's Resource

1. LAND RESOURCE

2. LAND RESOURCE
Land is regarded as the greatest
among the natural resources. It is
one of the important component of
life supporting system.

3. LAND
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IMPORTAN
T RELIEF
FEATURES

4. LAND
UTILISATION

5. 1.FOREST
• Forests cover 1/3 of the total land area.
• Forests contain most of the world’s terrestrial
biodiversity.
• Widespread forest restoration and tree-planting are
significantly reducing the net loss of forest area.

6. 2. LAND NOT AVAILABLE FOR
CULTIVATION
1. Barren and waste land:
The land which cannot be used for cultivation is called barren
land such as hilly terrains, deserts etc.
Wasteland: The land which is left uncultivated for more than five
years.
2. Land put to non-agricultural uses, e.g.buildings, roads,
factories, etc.
Area sown more than once in an agricultural year.

7. 3.OTHER UNCULTIVATED
LAND
1. Permanent pastures and grazing land
A field for grazing by livestock is called grazing land.
2. Land under miscellaneous tree crops
This includes all cultivable land which is not included in ‘Net area
sown’ but is put to some agricultural uses.
3. Cultruable waste land
This includes land available for cultivation.

8. 4. FALLOW LANDS
1. Current Fallow Land
Land left without cultivation for one or less than one
agriculture year.
2. Other Than Current Fallo Land
Left uncultivated land for the past 1 – 5 years.

9. 5.NET SOWN AREA
Net sown area is the total area sown with
crops. It represents an area in which total
crops are grown only once in a year.

10. LAND DEGRADATION
• Land degradation can be caused by
biophysical factors, such as the natural
topography of an area or its rainfall,
wind, and temperature.

11. CONSERVATION
MEASURES
• Afforestation.
• Proper management of grazing to control over grazing.
• Planting of shelter belts of plants.
• Stabilization of sand dunes by growing thorny bushes.
• Control of mining activities.
• Proper discharge and disposal of industrial effluent wastes after
treatment.

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