Sediment yield in the upper Krishna basin, Maharashtra, India

Auteurs :
GOLE, S. P.
McMANUS, J.

Description :
A 235.5 km2 headwater catchment of the Krishna River in the Deccan plateau lavas is dry for eight months of the year but receives intense monsoonal rains during four months. High initial suspended sediment concentrations fall as rapid vegetation growth provides in creasing protection. During a six-year period annual suspended sediment yields from the deeply weathered kaolinitic soils ranged between 36.9 and 275.3 t/km in dry and wet years respectively.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Earth surface processes and landforms, 1988, vol. 13, n°. 1, p. 19-25, Références bibliographiques : 21 réf.

Date :
1988