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What is the strategic watershed protection function performed by Himalayan Reserved Forests located at the headwaters of rivers?
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- 1Expanding intensive agriculture to increase food security in the plains
- 2Providing land for the permanent settlement of river-dependent populations
- 3Ensuring unrestricted grazing rights for nomadic communities
- 4Preventing soil erosion and regulating water flow to the plains✓
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Preventing soil erosion and regulating water flow to the plains
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