Mahanadi

The Mahanadi River Basin

Rise in temperature over the basin, pressure anomalies over the sea, hydrologic extremes

The Mahanadi river basin is one of the most vulnerable to climate change and variations in temperatures and precipitation regions.

The Mahanadi River delta plain covers 0.9 x 10 km and lies between 85 40' : 86 45' E and 19 40' : 20 35' N. The catchment area of the river covers 1.42 x 10 km. The sediment yield of the Mahanadi catchment is around 200-400 tonnes/km. It has an average annual rainfall of 1572 mm and 70% of this during the SW monsoon season.Read More

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Content Type: Data
Category: Climate, Climate Change, Disasters, Floods, Mahanadi, Monsoon, Precipitation, Rainfall, River Basins, Rivers, Temperature, Weather
Location / Time: India
Difficulty Level: Expert

References of Impact On River Deltas & Other Coastal Areas

Mumbai Marooned: An Enquiry into Mumbai Floods 2005 - Final Report ,
By Conservation Action Trust ,

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Location

Puri, OR, India
Latitude: 19.794189, Longitude: 85.828613

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Content Type: Data
Media Type: Presentations
Category: Agriculture, Climate, Climate Change, Coastal Region, Disasters, Droughts, Floods, Geographical Information Systems (GIS), Irrigation, Land Cover, Land Use, Mahanadi, Monsoon, Oceans and Seas, Precipitation, Rainfall, River Basins, Rivers, Soils, Water Management, Weather
Author: Somini Sengupta, Sailendra Sil, Roger Harrabin, Martin Parry, Manmohan Mohanti, Biswanath Dash, Akhilesh Gupta
Location / Time: India, Orissa, Puri
Difficulty Level: Expert

Impact On River Deltas and Other Coastal Areas

While global warming is a matter of worldwide concern, among the most vulnerable areas are the coastlines of less developed tropical countries such as India. The river deltas, in particular, are already facing the brunt of climate change and these adverse impacts can be expected to increase dramatically in the course of this century.Read More

Location

Sundarbans, WB, India
Latitude: 21.945000, Longitude: 88.895800

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Content Type: Data
Category: Agriculture, Aquifers, Biodiversity, Brahmaputra, Cauvery, Climate, Climate Change, Disasters, Drinking Water, Droughts, Ecosystems, Effluents, Fisheries, Forests, Freshwater, Freshwater Ecosystems, Ganga, Godavari, Groundwater, Irrigation, Krishna, Mahanadi, Navigation, Oceans and Seas, Rainfall, River Basins, Rivers, Waste, Wastewater, Water and Health, Water-borne Diseases, Wetlands
Location / Time: India, Sundarbans, West Bengal
Difficulty Level: Expert

The status of water resources in West Bengal - A report by Kalyan Rudra

The report on status of water resources in West Bengal by Kalyan Rudra discusses how the management of spatially uneven and temporally skewed rain-water in India is the most serious challenge for the water-managers of this country. The availability of water, water requirement versus supply, water requirements for some major crops, groundwater exploitation, growth of population, and declining per capita water in the State are presented.Read More

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Content Type: Data
Category: Agriculture, Aquifers, Arsenic, Brahmaputra, Central Groundwater Board (CGWB), Climate, Contamination, Dams, Disasters, Drinking Water, Droughts, Ecosystems, Floods, Freshwater, Freshwater Ecosystems, Ganga, Groundwater, Groundwater Exploitation, Groundwater Management, Hydrology, Interlinking of Rivers, Irrigation, Mahanadi, Monsoon, Precipitation, Rainfall, Rainwater Harvesting, River Basins, Rivers, Shallow Aquifers, Surface Water, Traditional Water-bodies, Water Demand, Water Management, Water Markets, Water Quality, Water Resources
Author: Kalyan Rudra
Source: Kalyan Rudra
Location / Time: India, Sunderbans, West Bengal, 2007
Difficulty Level: Expert

Effect of climate change on water resources - A preliminary consolidated report by Central Water Commission and the National Institute of Hydrology

Climate change map This report on the Effect of Climate Change on Water Resources, prepared by the Central Water Commission and the National Institute of Hydrology, under the guidance of the Ministry of Water Resources in 2008, is one of the first official reports made available by the Government of India, of a reliable quantitative assessment based on field data, of the likely effect of climate change on the availability of water resources, i.e. on the glaciers and snow melt, on rainfall and their effect on run off into the river system and their contribution to ground water.Read More

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Effect of climate change on water resources - CWC - NIH - MoWR (2008)	4.81 MB

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Content Type: Research
Category: Agriculture, Baitarani (Baitarni), Brahmaputra, Cauvery, Chenab, Climate, Climate Change, Climate Change Adaptation, Climate Change Impact, Droughts, Ecosystems, Evapotranspiration, Floods, Ganga, Glaciers, Global Warming, Godavari, Greenhouse Effect, Groundwater, Groundwater Management, Groundwater Usage, Hydrology, Indus, Irrigation, Krishna, Land Use, Mahanadi, Mahi, Meteorological Data, Mountain Ecosystems, Narmada, Pennar, Precipitation, Rainfall, River Basins, Rivers, Sabarmati, Soils, Subarnarekha, Surface Water, Tapti, Temperature, Traditional Water-bodies, Water Quality, Water Resources, Watershed Development
Author: National Institute of Hydrology Roorkee, Central Water Commission
Source: Ministry of Water Resources
Location / Time: India, June, 2008
Difficulty Level: Expert

River linking - A millennium folly?

This book published by the National Alliance of People's Movements & Initiatives, is a collection of articles by experts who dissect and analyze the proposed project from various angles. The contributors are Ramaswamy Iyer, S G Vombatkere, Kalyan Rudra, Himanshu Thakkar, Sudhirendar Sharma, Biksham Gujja and Hajara Shaik, Gopal Siwakoti 'Chintan', Jamal Anwar and Medha Patkar.Read More

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