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    India has a total geographical area of 329 million hectares located between latitudes 8-37 degrees north and longitudes 68-97 degrees east. It has a population of over 1 billion people as of 2006. India receives annual rainfall that varies widely from 100mm in the west to 11,000mm in the east. The country has 12 major river basins covering 253 million hectares and 46 medium river basins covering 25 million hectares, with a total navigable river length of over 14,000 km. Key water resources facts include an annual rainfall of 3,722.9 billion cubic meters and a total utilizable surface water potential of 690 billion cubic meters.

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    India has a total geographical area of 329 million hectares located between latitudes 8-37 degrees north and longitudes 68-97 degrees east. It has a population of over 1 billion people as of 2006. India receives annual rainfall that varies widely from 100mm in the west to 11,000mm in the east. The country has 12 major river basins covering 253 million hectares and 46 medium river basins covering 25 million hectares, with a total navigable river length of over 14,000 km. Key water resources facts include an annual rainfall of 3,722.9 billion cubic meters and a total utilizable surface water potential of 690 billion cubic meters.

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    India - Land and Water Resources: Facts

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    India has a total geographical area of 329 million hectares located between latitudes 8-37 degrees north and longitudes 68-97 degrees east. It has a population of over 1 billion people as of 2006. India receives annual rainfall that varies widely from 100mm in the west to 11,000mm in the east. The country has 12 major river basins covering 253 million hectares and 46 medium river basins covering 25 million hectares, with a total navigable river length of over 14,000 km. Key water resources facts include an annual rainfall of 3,722.9 billion cubic meters and a total utilizable surface water potential of 690 billion cubic meters.

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    INDIA – LAND AND WATER RESOURCES : FACTS

    329 M ha
    GEOGRAPHICAL AREA & LOCATION Latitude 80 –4’ & 370-06’ North
    Longitude 680 – 7’ & 970 – 25’ East

    POPULATION 2006 (ESTIMATED ON 2001 CENSUS) 1086.66 Million

    100 mm in Western most regions to 11000 mm in Eastern most


    RAINFALL VARIATION
    region

    MAJOR RIVER BASINS (CATCHMENT AREA MORE THAN


    12 Nos. having catchment area 253 M ha
    20,000 sq km.)

    MEDIUM RIVER BASINS (CATCHMENT AREA BETWEEN


    46 nos. having catchments area 25 M ha
    2000 AND 20,000 sq km.)

    TOTAL NAVIGABLE LENGTH OF IMPORTANT RIVERS 14464 km

    WATER RESOURCES

    AVERAGE ANNUAL RAINFALL 3722.9 BCM

    MEAN ANNUAL NATURAL RUN-OFF 1869 BCM

    ESTIMATED UTILISABLE SURFACE WATER POTENTIAL 690 BCM

    TOTAL REPLENISHABLE GROUND WATER RESOURCES 433 BCM

    GROUND WATER RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR


    369.6 BCM
    IRRIGATION

    GROUND WATER POTENTIAL AVAILABLE FOR DOMESTIC


    71 BCM (approx)
    INDUSTRIAL AND OTHER PURPOSES

    ULTIMATE IRRIGATION POTENTIAL 140 M ha

    IRRIGATION POTENTIAL FROM SURFACE WATER 76 M ha

    IRRIGATION POTENTIAL FROM GROUND WATER 64 M ha

    STORAGE AVAILABLE DUE TO COMPLETED MAJOR &


    MEDIUM PROJECTS (INCLUDING LIVE CAPACITY LESS 213 BCM
    THAN 10 M.CUM)

    ESTIMATED ADDITIONAL LIKELY LIVE STORAGE


    AVAILABLE DUE TO PROJECTS UNDER CONSTRUCTION / 184 BCM
    CONSIDERATION

    LAND RESOURCES (2000-01)

    TOTAL CULTIVABLE LAND 183.0 M ha

    GROSS SOWN AREA 176.0 M ha

    NET SOWN AREA 133.0 M ha

    GROSS IRRIGATED AREA 72.6 M ha

    NET IRRIGATED AREA 53.1 M ha

    HYDROPOWER

    ULTIMATE HYDROPOWER POTENTIAL (ESTIMATED) 84044 MW at 60% LF


    ST
    POTENTIAL DEVELOPED BY 1 APRIL, 2006 16031.85 MW at 60% LF

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