1. FOREST FOREST LET'S GO EXPLORING INTO THE WILD BE READY FOR ANYTHING, EERIE SILENCE KILLS

2. WHAT ARE LAND RESOURCES IN THE DIRECT WORDS “Natural resource in the form of arable land”. Land is a naturally occurring finite resource. It provides the base for survival of living beings. It is considered as a foundation of social prestige and is the basis of wealth and political power. Human-induced land degradation primarily affects cropland. Although cropland covers only 13 per cent of the global land cover classes (11,477 million ha), degraded cropland accounts for 29 per cent of all degraded areas.

3. TYPES OF LANDS Residential or Urban Land Commercial Land Wet Land Agricultural or Farm Land Forest Land What are Six Types of Land Use? There are six main categories or types of land use. These types include: residential, commercial, agricultural, transportation, recreational, and industrial uses. What are some examples of land use? Some examples of land use include agriculture uses like growing crops and ranching, residential uses like houses, condos, and apartments, for commercial and business uses like shopping malls and offices. More examples include industrial uses like mining, manufacturing, and refining; for transportation uses like roads, railways, and airports; and recreational activities like camping, hiking, playground and park activities, sightseeing, and simple enjoyment of nature.

4. What are some examples of land use? Some examples of land use include agriculture uses like growing crops and ranching, residential uses like houses, and apartments, for commercial and business uses like shopping malls and offices. More examples include industrial uses like mining, manufacturing, and refining; for transportation uses like roads, railways, and airports; and recreational activities like camping, hiking, playground and park activities, sightseeing, and simple enjoyment of nature. Production of food, fuel or other biotic materials for human use. provision of biological habitats for plants, animals, and micro- organisms.

5. SOIL EROSION THE TOP SOIL IS PRECIOUS FOR ALL LIVING BEINGS. TWO TYPES OF AGENTS CALLED SOIL EROSION:WATER AND WIND.

6. What are the problems with the land? LAND-RELATED PROBLEMS Declining agricultural productivity. Reduced renewable resource base (deforestation, lost soil fertility) Erosion and siltation. Amenity losses. Loss of natural habitat and species.

7. . Loss of Fertility by Mismanagement: Man, in his urge to derive the maximum yield to satisfy vast needs of a rapidly growing population, has been resorting to various scientific inputs like irrigation, fertilisers, pesticides etc. At the same time, unscientific cropping practices are sometimes followed. For instance, at some stretches of Western Ghats, commercial tuber crops like potatoes and ginger are grown on slopes, after clearing the forests. These unscientific farming practices and an excessive use of inputs result in problems like soil erosion, loss of natural nutrients, water-logging and salinity and contamination of ground and surface water. 2. Soil Erosion: This is the process by which the top soil is detached from land and either washed away by water, ice or sea waves or blown away by wind. 3.Salinity/Alkalinity: This problem occurs in areas of temporary water surplus and high temperatures. Due to over-irrigation or high rainfall, the moisture percolates down and dissolves the underground salts in it. This problem is particularly serious in areas with assured irrigation in Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, western Maharashtra, Bihar and northern Rajasthan

8. 4.Waterlogging: This happens when the water table gets saturated for various reasons—over- irrigation, seepage from canals, inadequate drainage or presence of a hard pan below. The land under waterlogged conditions can be used neither for agriculture nor for human settlements.

9. 4.Waterlogging: This happens when the water table gets saturated for various reasons—over- irrigation, seepage from canals, inadequate drainage or presence of a hard pan below. The land under waterlogged conditions can be used neither for agriculture nor for human settlements.