Karewas Subject :Geography Section: Indian Physical geography Context: Nourishing soils of Kashmir’s karewas crumble under infrastructure. About Karewas: Karewas are alluvial deposits of different soil and sediments such as sand, clay, silt, shale, mud, lignite and loess. Geologist Godwin-Austen first used the term karewas in the year 1859. The karewas of Kashmir occupy […]

    Karewas Subject: Geography Section: Physical Geography Context- Threat being faced due to illegal mining of karewas. Concept- In the Kashmiri dialect, the term Karewa means “elevated table land”. Karewas are lacustrine deposits (deposits in lake) in the Valley of Kashmir and in Bhadarwah Valley of the Jammu Division. Karewas are the thick deposits […]

    KAREWAS TOPIC: Environment Context- Kashmir’s highly fertile alluvial soil deposits called ‘karewas’ are being destroyed in the name of development, much to the peril of local people. Concept- About Karewas: The Kashmir valley is an oval-shaped basin, 140 km long and 40 km wide, trending in the NW–SE direction. It is an intermountain […]