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Illustrate with suitable examples the endeavours undertaken in augmenting conservation of water and vegetation in India.

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India's indigenous water architecture is hydrologically region-specific, and its revival is the most successful strand of conservation. Kul in Himachal and zing in Ladakh capture glacier melt; ahar-pyne in south Bihar traps runoff on the gently sloping Gangetic fan; khadin, tanka and kund in the Thar harvest sheet flow on impervious rocky catchments; eri tank…

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  • Water conservation
  • Traditional systems, revived rather than invented
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  • Vegetation conservation
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