Hydrology and Water Resources of India

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Jain, Sharad K. (Συγγραφέας), Agarwal, Pushpendra K. (Συγγραφέας), Singh, Vijay P. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2007.
• Σειρά: Water Science and Technology Library, 57
• Θέματα: Earth sciences.; Hydrology.; Hydrogeology.; Water pollution.; Human geography.; Earth Sciences.; Hydrology/Water Resources.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.; Human Geography.

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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.