River morphology is a scientific field that concerns with changes in river forms in plan and cross-sections that result because of erosion and sedimentation processes. The principal elements are the dynamics of sediment transport and river flow. Studies on the river morphology provide important information required for the management of water resources, constructions along the […]
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Backdrop of Wasteland Restoration Wastelands are degraded lands where the soil might have low productive capacity. Wastelands include areas that are affected by erosion, shifting cultivation, high salinity or alkalinity, riverine lands, or lands that are affected by water logging, or moisture deficiency. Such areas can be ecologically unstable, with displacement of top soil, and […]
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Summer is almost at the doorstep already. Today in the scorching heat and temperature going up to 45 to 50 degree, we all huddle in the air conditioner room in our homes, offices or in the malls or as a weekend getaways we all rush to nearby hill stations. People strolling and loitering in the […]
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Increasing industrialisation, growing population, pollution, changing resource and energy needs bring into light the precarious situation in which riparian states find themselves. Since transboundary water management mostly deals with specific cases, scientific knowledge on rivers is often lacking. Studies indicate that water allocation is the major cause of conflict, whether between sovereign nations or regions […]
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Indian Scenario The annual precipitation including snowfall in India is about 4000 billion cubic meter (bcm) and the natural run off in the rivers is computed to be about 1869 bcm. The utilisable surface water and replenishable ground water resources are of the order of 690 bcm and 433 bcm, respectively. Thus, the total fresh […]
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Land degradation is one of the most potential environmental threats for any nation, more so where the livelihood of people depends largely on agriculture and related land based activities. Although land degradation is common to all climatic zones of the world, its occurrence in the arid, semi arid and dry sub humid zones – the […]
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