- Natural resources are broadly classified as renewable or non-renewable (exhaustible). - Renewable resources replenish naturally over time (e.g., solar energy, wind, water, soil, forests). - Non- renewable resources are finite and do not replenish at a rate comparable to consumption (e.g., fossil fuels, minerals). - Soil is technically renewable through natural processes like weathering and decomposition, but this process is extremely slow (centuries to millennia to form a few inches of topsoil).
Which one of the following is an exhaustible but renewable natural resource ?
Asked in UPSC CDS 1 2022 · Topic: Environment and Sustainable Development (Basic Concepts of Environment and Ecology)
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Answer: B. Water in usable condition
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