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1. WATER
RESOURCES
WATER: THE CAUSE FOR ANOTHER WAR

2. REASONS FOR WATER
SCARCITY IN INDIA
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3. THE NEED OF THE HOUR:
TO CONSERVE WATER
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5. Today, it is considered to be the fifth
most polluted river in the world.

6. Reasons for the
pollution of Ganga
Human
Waste
Industrial
Effluents
Religious
Ceremonies

7. SOME MOVMENTS AGAINST
WATER POLLUTION IN INDIA

8. USES OF DAMS

9. CONSEQUENCES WHEN A
DAM IS BUILT...
• Regulating and damming of rivers affect their natural flow
causing poor sediment flow and excessive sedimentation
at the bottom of the reservoir resulting in rockier stream
beds and poor habitat for aquatic life's
• Make it difficult for aquatic fauna to migrate, especially
for spawning.
• Local people often have to give up their lands.
• Triggers flood

10. RAIN WATER HARVESTING
Rainwater harvesting is a technology
used for collecting and storing rainwater
from rooftops, the land surface or rock
catchments using simple techniques such
as jars and pots as well as more complex
techniques such as underground check
dams.

11. KEEP
CALM
QUIZ
TIME
ITS

12. WHICH IS THE LONGEST
MAN-MADE DAM IN THE
WORLD?
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13. WHICH IS THE LONGEST
MAN-MADE DAM IN THE
WORLD?
 26KM Long!
 Impounds Mahanadi River
 Near Sambalpur, Odisha
 Built in the 1957

14. WHICH IS THE
SMALLEST OCEAN OF
THE WORLD?
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15. WHICH IS THE SMALLEST
OCEAN OF THE WORLD?
 13,986,000 Sq.Km in area
 Around the North Pole
 Titanic sank here...
 Holds 25% of the world’s
undiscovered Petroleum!!!

16. WHICH IS THE TALLEST
DAM IN THE WORLD?
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17. WHICH IS THE TALLEST
DAM IN THE WORLD?
 305metre tall Arch Dam
 In Tibetan China
 Completed in 2013

18. WHICH IS THE TALLEST
DAM IN THE WORLD?
 305metre tall Arch Dam
 In Tibetan China
 Completed in 2013

19. WHICH IS THE LARGEST
WATERFALLS IN THE
WORLD?
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20. WHICH IS THE LARGEST
WATERFALLS IN THE WORLD?
 1,708m in width
 UNESCO World Heritage

21. WHICH FALLS IS KNOWN
AS "SUREN CHELLAKUTTI
FALLS" ?
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22. WHICH FALLS IS KNOWN
AS "SUREN CHELLAKUTTI
FALLS" ?
 25m talll
 Also known as “The Niagara
of India”
 A Key location in the epic
movie ‘Baahubali’*
* Additional Special Effects added

23. WHICH IS THE CLEANEST
RIVER IN THE WORLD ?
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24. THE CLEANEST RIVER
IN THE WORLD ?
 Famous London Bridge
is built across this river
 Once was the dirtiest
river....

25. WHICH IS THE WORLD'S
DEEPEST RIVER?
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26. WHICH IS THE WORLD'S
DEEPEST RIVER?
 More than 220m deep
 Also known as ‘Zaire’
 Crosses the equator twice!

27. WHICH IS THE WORLD'S
MOST POLLUTED RIVER?
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28. WHICH IS THE WORLD'S MOST
POLLUTED RIVER?

29. WHICH IS THE FASTEST
FLOWING RIVER IN THE
WORLD ?
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30. WHICH IS THE WORLD'S
FASTEST RIVER?

31. WHICH IS THE LARGEST
RIVER IN THE WORLD?
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32. WHICH IS THE LARGEST
RIVER IN THE WORLD?
 Can reach upto 190km in width
 There are no bridges that cross
the Amazon !!!
 Piranhas & Anacondas can be
found here…

33. ANY
QUESTIONS?ASK ANY DOUBTS AND CLEAR THEM NOW!!!!!!!