Contour Bunding
Contour Bunding
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Red River Map
Contour interval
Elevation is in= 20 metres
feet
Distance is in miles
0 l 2
Mrs. Degl
OCEAN 17
Scale
Uses of Contours
!. In topographic maps purpose
2. In hilly areas for farming
3. To avoid soil erosion on the slope
4. To stop flow of water from slope so
that it can infiltrate
Contour Bunding
Contour bunding is the construction of small bund across the slope of the
land on a contour so that the long slope is cut into a series of small ones and
each contour bund acts as a barrier to the flow of water,
at the same time impounding water against it for increasing soil moisture.
Contour bunds divide the length of the slope, reduce the volume of runoff
water,
L.B.per ha = 100S/VI
or 10000/HI
Length of bund per hectare (L.B)
100S 10,000
L.B. per ha = or
V.I H.I
Depth of water impounding before the bund (h)
D* R
h=
500
where,
D – vertical interval (m)
R – maximum rainwater on area basis (mm)
Actual height of the bund = h + 20% of h as freeboard
DIMENSIONS OF THE CONTOUR BUND