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Title: | SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION IN INDIA- PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS |
Other Titles: | Not Available |
Authors: | VV DHRUVA NARAYANA |
ICAR Data Use Licennce: | http://krishi.icar.gov.in/PDF/ICAR_Data_Use_Licence.pdf |
Author's Affiliated institute: | ICAR::Indian Institute of Soil and Water Conservation |
Published/ Complete Date: | 1985-01-01 |
Project Code: | Not Available |
Keywords: | SOIL, WATER CONSERVATION, INDIA PROBLEMS, PROSPECTS |
Publisher: | Not Available |
Citation: | Not Available |
Series/Report no.: | Not Available; |
Abstract/Description: | IN A RECENT ANALYSIS OF THE ANNUAL SOIL EROSION RATES IN INDIA, IT WAS ESTIMATED THAT ABOUT 5333 M T (16.35 T/HA) OF SOIL DETACHED ANNUALLY AND OF THIS , ABOUT 29% IS CARRIED AWAY BY THE RIVERS INTO THE SEA. NEARLY 10% OF ITS IS BEING DEPOSITED IN SURFACE RESERVOIRS , RESULTING IN THE LOSS OF 1% TO 2% OF THE STORAGE CAPACITY. THE MOST SERIOUS SOIL EROSION PROBLEM IN THE COUNTRY IS IN THE FORM OF SHEET EROSION, A SERIOUS CONSTRAINT ON RED SOILS, IN AN AREA OF 69 M HA. THE LATERITE SOIL AND THE BALCK SOILS OCCUPYING NEARLY 67 M HA. OTHER ERODED AREAS ARE THE GULLIED LANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF THE YAMUNA , CHAMBAL , MAHI AND OTHER RIVERS IN NEARLY 4 M HA , THE HIMALAYAN AND LOWER HIMALAYAN REGIONS AND THE SHIFTING CULTIVATED AREAS OF THE NORTH- EAST. TO TACKLE THESE PROBLEMS EFFECTIVELY, VARIOUS SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION MEASURES WITH AN EMPHASIS ON INTEGRATED LANDUSE PLANNING ON WATERSHED BASIS, HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED IN THE PAPER. |
Description: | Not Available |
ISSN: | Not Available |
Type(s) of content: | Research Paper |
Sponsors: | Not Available |
Language: | English |
Name of Journal: | CIVIL ENGG DIVISION JOURNAL |
Volume No.: | 66 |
Page Number: | 30-37 |
Name of the Division/Regional Station: | Not Available |
Source, DOI or any other URL: | Not Available |
URI: | http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/43437 |
Appears in Collections: | NRM-IISWC-Publication |
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