Class 10 chapter 3 Water Resources - dams and multipurpose river valley project
Water resources are the title of the chapter 3 in the textbook Geography of Social Studies for class 10. In the chaper Water Resources , various topics related to water as a resource are dealt with which include the meaning of freshwater , water conservatio n and management, dams and multipurpose valley projects , their merits and demerits, water disputes, water scarcity and rain water harvesting methods . Umiam Dam in Shillong | image: Wikimedia Following are questions and answers from this chapter. Good luck. Q. What is freshwater? Water obtained from surface runoff and groundwater is termed freshwater. Q. How is water distributed on earth? ANS. About 95.5% of the total volume of water in the world lies in oceans. Only 2.5% of water is freshwater existed in different forms. 70% of all the freshwater occurs as ice and glaciers in different parts of the world. The remaining 30% of freshwater is stored underground. Q. How much is India received of the global precipitation? ANS. Ind