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Features at some significant estuaries of India

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Title Features at some significant estuaries of India
 
Creator Bhattathiri, P.M.A.
 
Subject estuaries
river basins
estuarine dynamics
dissolved oxygen
zooplankton
phytoplankton
temperature
salinity
nutrients (mineral)
mangrove swamps
backwaters
literature reviews
 
Description The river basins of India are classified into three groups on the basis of catchment areas: (1) above 20,000 km sup(2), (2) 2,000-20,000 km sup(2) and (3) less than 2,000 km sup(2). The total number of rivers under first category are 14, 44 in the second and 162 in the third. Most of the studies on various aspects have been confined to very few of these, and that too, mostly to minor ones. Very little work has been carried out from many of the estuaries of the major rivers. An overview of the available publications on many of the estuaries is attempted. The studies on biology, ecology, chemistry and physics are reviewed.
 
Date 2009-01-07T09:43:10Z
2009-01-07T09:43:10Z
2001
 
Type Book Chapter
 
Identifier The Indian Ocean: A perspective, Ed by: SenGupta, R.; Desa, Ehrlich. Vol.1; 271-297p.
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/1521
 
Language en
 
Rights Copyright [2001]. All efforts have been made to respect the copyright to the best of our knowledge. Inadvertent omissions, if brought to our notice, stand for correction and withdrawal of document from this repository.
 
Publisher Oxford and IBH, New Delhi