Hydrology and Water Resources of India

India is endowed with varied topographical features, such as high mountains, extensive plateaus, and wide plains traversed by mighty rivers. Water is an important input in the socio-economic development of a nation. In India, this dependence is even more apparent, as 70% of her population is depende...

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Main Authors: Jain, Sharad K. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Agarwal, Pushpendra K. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Singh, Vijay P. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2007.
Edition:1st ed. 2007.
Series:Water Science and Technology Library, 57
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-5180-8
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505 0 |a Physical Environment of India -- Hydrology and Hydrometeorology -- Water Budget and Population of India -- Rainfall and Analysis of Rainfall Data -- Evaporation and other Meteorological Data -- Runoff and Streamflow -- Groundwater -- River Basins -- River Basins of India -- Ganga Basin -- Brahmaputra and Barak Basin -- Indus Basin -- Narmada Basin -- Tapi, Sabarmati and Mahi Basins -- Mahanadi, Subernarekha and Brahmani Basins -- Krishna and Godavari Basins -- Cauvery and Pennar Basins -- Other Basins and Islands -- Water Uses, Projects, Problems, and Governance -- Major Uses of Water in India -- Problems Related to Water Resources Management in India -- Reservoirs and Lakes -- Water Quality and Related Aspects -- Constitutional Provisions, Inter-State Water Disputes and Treaties -- Inter-Basin Water Transfer -- Institutions in the Field of Hydrology and Water Resources -- Concepts of Water Governance for India. 
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