By Sharad K. Jain, Pushpendra K. Agarwal, Vijay P. Singh
India is endowed with different topographical good points, reminiscent of excessive mountains, large plateaus, and large plains traversed by means of potent rivers. Water is a vital enter within the socio-economic improvement of a kingdom. In India, this dependence is much more obvious, as 70% of her inhabitants relies on agriculture.
Divided into 4 sections the e-book presents a accomplished review of water assets of India. starting with a normal description of the rustic, significant hydrologic gains, similar to weather (precipitation, temperature, radiation, etc.), streamflow, groundwater, soil, and so forth. are mentioned. a close remedy of all significant river basins is supplied, which include description of catchments, tributaries, floor water and flooring water, and critical water assets initiatives. this can be by way of a dialogue on significant makes use of of water in India, significant tasks, water similar difficulties together with surroundings and water caliber, provisions of the structure of India, interlinking of India rivers, and associations facing water assets. ultimately, the final bankruptcy discusses a few perspectives on water administration coverage for India.
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The booklet could be invaluable to Water assets execs, rather people with an curiosity in India, graduate scholars, researchers, lecturers, planners and coverage makers
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The withdrawal of monsoon takes place in the month of September. Figure 6 shows the normal dates of withdrawal of monsoon. Although the SW monsoon covers the entire country for four monsoon months, its actual stay at a specific place depends on the dates of its onset and withdrawal. Over Western Rajasthan, monsoon may last for about 70 days while the duration may be more than 120 days over the south-western peninsula. The post-monsoon or north-east (NE) monsoon season is known as a transitional season.
All the great peaks of Himalayan mountains are, therefore, covered with snow. The mountainous area covered by snow is about 80% of the total area of Himalayas. In Himalayas, the western part gets more snow than the eastern and gets it earlier. The snowline, the lowest line on a mountain at which snow exists throughout the year, is about 5,490 m at the equator and 610 m in Greenland. In temperate zones, it is about 3,050 m. In winters, the snow line can descend to altitudes as low as 2,500 m. As successive snowfalls occur, pressure on the lower layers increases and the snow becomes a granular ice.
Table 12. Table 13. Table 14. Table 15. Table 16. Table 17. List of Tables Salient features of selected existing projects in West Flowing Rivers of Kutch And Saurashtra Including Luni basin Salient features of selected under construction projects in West Flowing Rivers of Kutch and Saurashtra Including Luni basin Statewise catchment areas of west flowing rivers South of Tapi Salient features of west flowing rivers south of Tapi Salient features of selected existing projects across West flowing Rivers South of Tapi Salient features of selected under construction projects in West flowing Rivers South of Tapi Statewise catchment areas of east flowing rivers between Mahanadi and Godavari Salient features of selected existing projects in existing east flowing Rivers from Mahanadi to Godavari and Krishna to Pennar basin Salient features of selected under construction projects in existing east flowing Rivers from Mahanadi to Godavari and Krishna to Pennar basin Statewise catchment areas of east flowing rivers, between Pennar and Cauvery Salient features of selected existing projects in east flowing Rivers Between Pennar and Kanyakumari Salient features of selected under construction projects in east flowing Rivers Between Pennar and Kanyakumari State-wise distribution of drainage area of minor rivers of Tripura and Mizoram Annual average observed runoff at selected CWC sites in East & West flowing Rivers (Catchment area > 5 000 km2 Population statistics for the Andaman and Nicobar islands Chapter 17.