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Title: | TORRENT MANAGEMENT IN SHIWALIKS |
Other Titles: | Not Available |
Authors: | JS SAMRA Y AGNIHOTRI |
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: | 1995-01-01 |
Project Code: | Not Available |
Keywords: | TORRENT MANAGEMENT, SHIWALIKS |
Publisher: | Not Available |
Citation: | Not Available |
Series/Report no.: | Not Available; |
Abstract/Description: | OVER- EXPLOITATION OF BIOMASS , EXCESSIVE GRAZING DUE TO EVER INCREASING LIVESTOCK AND HUMAN POPULATION HAVE ACCENTUATED PROBLEMS OF ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION BY TORRENTS. THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON AGRICULTURE (1976) AND LATER THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, GOVT OF INDIA (1985) ESTIMATED THAT 2.5 AND 2.73 M HA AREA RESPECTIVELY WERE AFFECTED BY FLASH FLOODS IN INDIA. IN HOSHIARPUR SHIWALIKS ALONE , AREA DAMAGED BY TORRENTS HAS INCREASED FROM 17,713 HA IN 1900 TO 300,000 HA IN 1988. EXPERIMENTATION WITH CLOSURE TO BIOTIC INTERFERENCE OF A SMALL WATERSHED PROVED THAT THE SEDIMENT YIELD COULD BE BROUGHT DOWN FROM 140 T/HA TO 1 T/HA BY ADOPTING INTEGRATED SOIL CONSERVATION MEASURES. COMPARISON OF AN AGRICULTURAL WATERSHED OF 4.6 HA AND 1% OVERLAND SLOPE WITH A FORESTED WATERSHED OF 4.3 HA AND 25% OVERLAND SLOPE REVEALED THAT RUNOFF FROM THE AGRICULTURAL WATERSHED FLUCTUATED AROUND 25% AND THAT FROM THE FORESTED WATERSHED STABILIZED AROUND 10%. |
Description: | Not Available |
ISSN: | Not Available |
Type(s) of content: | Research Paper |
Sponsors: | Not Available |
Language: | English |
Name of Journal: | Not Available |
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URI: | http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/42486 |
Appears in Collections: | NRM-IISWC-Publication |
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