The Brahmaputra Basin Water Resources

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvi

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2. Preliminaries

   1. Introduction

      • C. S. P. Ojha, V. P. Singh

      Pages 1-16

   2. Weather and Climate

      • M. Barthakur

      Pages 17-23

   3. Hydrometeorology

      • B. Purkait

      Pages 24-34

   4. Soils and Agriculture

      • N. C. Talukdar, D. Bhattacharyya, S. Hazarika

      Pages 35-71

   5. An Overview of the Brahmaputra River System

      • J. N. Sarma

      Pages 72-87

   6. Fluvial Geomorphology

      • A. K. Bora

      Pages 88-112

   7. Hydrogeology

      • B. Purkait

      Pages 113-138

3. Hydrology and Hydraulics

   1. Hydrology

      • B. Datta, V. P. Singh

      Pages 139-195

   2. Channel Processes

      • A. B. Palaniappan

      Pages 196-213

   3. Spatio-Temporal Morphological Features

      • N. Sharma, R. Chakrabarty, C. S. P. Ojha

      Pages 214-228

   4. Mathematical Modelling and Braid Indicators

      • N. Sharma

      Pages 229-260

   5. Hydraulic Structures

      • A. K. Sarma

      Pages 261-273

   6. Scour around Spurs at Gumi Site

      • C. S. P. Ojha, N. Sharma, V. K. Talwar

      Pages 274-298

4. Water Resources Planning Constraints

   1. Water Resources Planning

      • S. N. Phukan

      Pages 299-308

   2. Brahmaputra Flooding: Problems for Administration and Prospects

      • K. S. Krishna

      Pages 309-320

   3. The Brahmaputra in Assam’s Economy

      • B. K. Bhattacharya

      Pages 321-325

   4. Financial Constraint in Assam

      • A. Sharma

      Pages 326-335

   5. Society in the Brahmaputra Valley

      • M. Hussain

      Pages 336-350

   6. Ecology

      • B. K. Talukdar

      Pages 351-365

The Brahmaputra River is a precious gift of Nature to India and especially to its northeast region. The meaning of this gift becomes evident immediately when one considers the vastness of water resources which the Brahmaputra River basin possesses. Nearly 30% of India's water resources potential and 41% of the country's total hydropower potential are found in this basin. In terms of the average discharge, the Brahmaputra River is the fifth largest river in the world. Traversing a distance of about 2,900 kilometers from Tibet at an elevation of 5,150 meters to the Bay of Bengal and draining an area of nearly 1. 6 million square kilometres shared by Tibet, India and Bangladesh, it has shaped the social, economic, cultural, religious, political, and linguistic fabric of the northeast region of India from time immemorial. Its majestic disposition is nothing short of poetic. The northeast region has a colourful ethnic and non-ethnic population and represents almost a miniature India. Its biodiversity of flora and fauna and other natural ecosystems is unsurpassable. The northeast region of India is endowed with enormous natural resources and the huge potential of the Brahmaputra River basin. These resources notwithstanding, this part of India remains woefully underdeveloped. The current state of low development of the northeast region can arguably be attributed to a multitude of factors.

• Meteorology
• Weather
• development
• hydrogeology
• hydrology

• Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA

  Vijay P. Singh

• Water Resources Development Training Centre, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, Uttaranchal, India

  Nayan Sharma

• Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, Uttaranchal, India

  C. Shekhar P. Ojha

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