The Ganga River

Large Rivers: Geomorphology and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 347-371

  Singh, Indra B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

Author keywords

Annual suspended sediment discharge; Bed load and suspended load; Cliff bounded alluvial surface; Freshwater peat deposits; Mean peak discharge; Pollution management and water utilization; Sediment characteristics and transportation dynamics; Total dissolved solids (TDS) and total suspended solids (TSS); Upland interfluve surface; Volcanic Rajmahal trap rocks

Indexed keywords

RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

PEAK DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT CHARACTERISTIC; SUSPENDED LOADS; SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT DISCHARGES; TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS; WATER UTILIZATION;

SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

EID: 84889324563     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470723722.ch17     Document Type: Chapter

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