Resources and Development

1. This type of soil is spread over northwest Deccan plateau and made of lava flows
3. Ploughing along the contour lines can decelerate the flow of water
6. Intensively leached soils of monsoon climate
7. To keep something for to use at a later time
11. Plantation of tress on a large scale to check soil erosion
12. The soil has high concentration of kanker nodules
13. Type of non - renewable resource
14. This soil is generally sandy in texture and saline in nature
15. Land left without cultivation foe one or less than one agricultural year
17. Land that is unfit for cultivation
18. This is the most widely spread and important soil
19. Sometimes water flows as a sheet over large areas down a slope and the top soil is washed away
20. The running water cuts though the clayey soils and makes deep channels
21. Anything which can be used for satisfying the human needs
22. The resources which can be renewed or reproduced.
23. Resource that are obtained from biosphere and have life

2. Land left uncultivated for more than 5 agricultural years
4. Area sown more than once in year plus net sown area
5. Alluvial soil that has fine particles and fertile
8. Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
9. Materials in environment have potential to satisfy human needs but don,t have appropriate technology to access
10. Planting lines of trees to create shelter that break up the force of wind
11. It is the declaration signed by world leaders 1992 at the United Nations Conference on environment and development
16. One of the main reason for land degradation in sates like Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat