The Ganga River Basin: A Hydrometeorological Approach

This book presents an overview of the hydrometeorological and hydrological studies and assists in tackling challenges posed by climate and land use land cover changes. The Ganga River is one of the major living streams on the planet earth and very important river system in India. This holy river is a lifeline for approximately five hundred million people. In the last few decades, River Ganges has been subjected to tremendous pressures with respect to both water quantity and water quality. This situation, already one of the alarming magnitudes, has been further provoked by hydrometeorological changes resulting in droughts, floods and reduced groundwater levels and river flows in addition to the poor river health. Thus, it is imperative to assess the various complexities and possible solutions for better management of River Ganges. This book is a valuable addition to the literature and contributes to research on River Ganges which will help better planning and management of Ganga river basin. The hydrological and hydrometeorological aspects covered in this book help practitioners, researchers, policymakers and other stakeholders.

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Water Quality Challenges in Ganga River Basin, India.- Sequential Characterization of Contaminant Plumes using feedback information.- Evaluation of groundwater quality using Multivariate analysis: Rae Bareli District, Ganga Basin, Uttar Pradesh.- A Supervising Grid Model for Identification of Groundwater Pollute.- Study of Methods available for Groundwater and Surfacewater Interaction: A case study on Varanasi, India.- Augmentation of Drinking Water Supply by River Bank Filtration.- River Discharge Study in River Ganga, Varanasi Using Conventional and Modern Techniques.- Review on the Field Applications of River Training Structures for River Bank Protection.- Comparison of conceptual and distributed hydrological Models for runoff Estimation in a River Basin.- Monthly variation in near surface air temperature lapse rate across Ganga Basin, India.- Identification of relationship between precipitation and atmospheric oscillations in Upper Ganga basin.- Utilizing stream networks for regional flood frequency analysis.- Plotting Positions for the Generalized Extreme Value Distribution: A Critique.- Application of Machine Learning Techniques for Clustering of Rainfall Time Series Over Ganges River Basin.