Scope of the Course

• To discuss various aspects of watershed &

its management.

• Integrated Watershed Management

Approach.

• Watershed Management (WM); ideal unit for

multi-disciplinary planning & management
of land & water resources; ensure
continuous benefits; sustainable way.
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• Size
• Shape
• Physiography
• Climate
• Drainage
• Land use
• Vegetation
• Geology and Soils
• Hydrology
• Hydrogeology
• Socioeconomics
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Groundwater and Surface Water Interactions

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Groundwater and surface water interactions

Water Table

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Groundwater and surface water interactions

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 Groundwater and surface water interactions

Cross-section through groundwater basin

Fractured bedrock
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 Stream
Or
Valley

Water Table

Groundwater Basin

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 Discharging into
stream
River

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Rainwater Harvesting System

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