Wetlands are important habitats for birds and other forms of wildlife. About 37.90% of bird species found in Rajasthan are either dependant on wetlands or opportunistically exploit wetlands. An area less than 1% geographical ...

Durgamcheruvu watershed covering Durgamcheruvu and an area of about 14.85 sq. km. Durgamcheruvu, a head waters lake covers an area of about 50 ha (about 120 acres) and situated at about 550 m (amsl) to the north of old ...

The free floating weeds (Eichhornia crassipes, Lemna minor, etc.) and submerged aquatic weeds like Hydrilla verticillata, Vallisneria zannichelia, Chara sp., Algae, Potamogeton natans, etc. are problematic aquatic weeds ...

Aquatic plants have created havoc all over the world. Natural aquatic plants population to some extent is healthy for any aquatic ecosystem as it serves as fish feed, plays an important role in nutrient cycling, purify the ...

Water quality of the fresh surface water sources like lakes and reservoirs are degraded by human activities. Industrial effluents and domestic sewage with high organic wastes are the main source for pollution in urban ...

In the present study, 21°Pb and 137Cs dating techniques have been employed to determine the recent sedimentation rates in Nainital, Bhimtal, Sat-tal, Naukuchiyatal lakes of Uttaranchal, Mansar and Dal-Nagin lakes of Jammu ...

In the recent years, Udaipur, the city of lakes is facing a major problem of insufficient water reaching to the lakes from the catchment during rains and consequently drying of lakes. This has resulted in economic losses ...

The present study deals with the small lakes in Kumudvathi River left bank sub watershed, Gawribidanur Taluk, Kolar district. The farmers who have taken up lake activity were only considered and their land holdings, crops ...

The present study deals with the application of Genetic Algorithms (GA) for irrigation planning. The GA technique is used to evolve optimum cropping pattern for maximizing net benefits for the case study of Jayakwadi ...

Within the past few decades, isotope tracers have provided new insight into the age, origin and pathways of water movement in the field of hydrological sciences. The advantage to opt for stable isotope investigations over ...