Compare the above system with the probable systems in hilly / mountainous areas or plains or plateau regions.

Compare the above system with the probable systems in hilly / mountain

1.	Compare the above system with the probable systems in hilly / mountainous areas or plains or plateau regions.
Answer» Solution :Water harvesting system in the hilly areas are quite different from those of plain areas . Partsof Himachal Pradesh had evolved the local system of canal irrigation called kulhs over four hundred years ago . The water flowing in the streams was DIVERTED into MAN MADE CHANNELS which took this water to numerous villages down the hillside . The management of the water flowing in these kulhs was DONE by a common agreement betweenall the villages . interestingly , during the planting season , water was first used by the village farthest away from the source of the kulh , then by villages progressively higher up . These kulsh were managed by two or three people who were paid bythevillagers . In addition to irrigation , water from these kulhs also percolated into the soil and fed springs at various points .