4.1-Hydrologic responses of a Himalayan pine forest micro watersheds preliminary results

Abstract

In recent years, the hydrology of the Himalaya has received a lot of attention from researchers and environmentlists. Several workers agree that their remains a shortage of reliable, scientific data on the hydrology of forest and forest conversion in these mountains. To understand forest hydrologic responses and to create representative scientific data hydrology, a project, viz. , the Animal Park pine forested experimental watershed has been set up as a co-operation between the Department of Geography Kumaun University, India and Oxford polytechnic U.K The hydrological station includes a 90° 'V' notch weir set behind a stilling pond and defended by a sediment trap. A standard chart-recording water level stage recorder is stationed above the pond and meteorological station which automatic raingauge, pan evaporation tank and temperature, humidity gauge on the upper waterdivide of the watershed.