# Do not level your lands!

**URL:** <https://discuss.farmnest.com/t/do-not-level-your-lands/3295>\
**Category:** Farm Questions\
**Created:** [June 1, 2016, 4:51am UTC](https://discuss.farmnest.com/t/do-not-level-your-lands/3295 "2016-06-01T04:51:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Madhu10](https://discuss.farmnest.com/user_avatar/discuss.farmnest.com/madhu10/32/6120_2.png) [@Madhu10](https://discuss.farmnest.com/u/Madhu10)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2016, 4:51am UTC](https://discuss.farmnest.com/t/do-not-level-your-lands/3295/1 "2016-06-01T04:51:32Z")

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Many a times I see here folks talking about “land leveling” and wanted to share a thought that if you have a land that has a slope that is a great advantage. Please do not level your lands!

1. Water harvesting can be done on lands which have a slope. Using contour mapping you can stop, slow and hold water that you need on your lands.
2. If you disturb the land by leveling your displacing top soil.

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**Author:** ![Azhar2345](https://discuss.farmnest.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/91b2a8/32.png) [@Azhar2345](https://discuss.farmnest.com/u/Azhar2345)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2016, 9:16am UTC](https://discuss.farmnest.com/t/do-not-level-your-lands/3295/2 "2016-06-01T09:16:39Z")

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Mr. Madhu10,

1. your idea is good but it will work only for the rain crop to hold the rain water harvesting. Generally most of the cultivating crops on level lands only & need study flow water harvesting.
2. Regarding disturbing of land you can do leveling according to soil conditions & make step leveling. This method will save the water & make your land level & you can enjoy with all type of crop under rain water harvesting or mechanical water supply harvesting.