Overview
- Presents the geomorphological and socio-economic aspects of the major rivers of India
- Includes chapters written by experts working on Indian rivers
- Updates readers involved in teaching, research and planning the developmental work
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Hydrogeology (SPRINGERHYDRO)
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Table of contents (38 chapters)
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Front Matter
Keywords
About this book
The book presents geomorphological studies of the major river basins – the Indus, Ganga and Brahmaputra and their tributaries. Besides major basins, the book explores peninsular rivers and other rivers state-by-state. All types of rivers, i.e. snow-fed, rain-fed and groundwater-fed rivers are explained together in geological framework.
Rivers are lifeline and understanding of the rivers, their dynamics, science and socio-economic aspect is very important. However, different sources provide different data base for rivers. But a book which explains all major rivers of a country at a single place was not yet available. This book is the first book of its kind in the world which provides expert opinion on all major rivers of a country like India. This book complements works in these areas for the last two to three decades on major rivers of India by eminent professors and scientists from different universities, IITs and Indian research institutions.
The information presented in the book would appeal to a wider readership from students, teachers to researchers and planners engaged in developmental work and also to common people of the society concerned with awareness about rivers.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Dr. Singh was a member of the first and second Indian Expedition to the Arctic (North Pole Region) in 2007 and 2008. He is recipient of Vigyan Ratna Award in 2010 by the Council of Science and Technology (CST), Government of Uttar Pradesh. His teaching capabilities and research work achieved a new height when Department of Higher Education, Government of Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow conferred him with the highest award of ‘Sikchhak Shree’ in 2013 and Saraswati Samman in 2014.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Indian Rivers
Book Subtitle: Scientific and Socio-economic Aspects
Editors: Dhruv Sen Singh
Series Title: Springer Hydrogeology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2984-4
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-2983-7Published: 12 January 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-10-9756-0Published: 07 June 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-2984-4Published: 30 December 2017
Series ISSN: 2364-6454
Series E-ISSN: 2364-6462
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 551
Number of Illustrations: 23 b/w illustrations, 188 illustrations in colour
Topics: Hydrogeology, Hydrology/Water Resources, Regional Development, Geomorphology, Economic Geology