Introduction to our national River Ganga via cmaps

Our National River Ganga: Lifeline of Millions

Volumn 9783319005300, Issue , 2014, Pages 3-44

  Sanghi, Rashmi ^a   Kaushal, Nitin ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^b River Basins and Water Policy World Wide Fund for Nature India   (India)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Endangered; Festivals; Ganga river; Tribuataries; Water resources

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; EFFLUENTS; RIVERS; SEWAGE; WATERSHEDS;

AGRICULTURAL GROWTHS; ENDANGERED; ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT; FESTIVALS; GOVERNMENT OF INDIA; INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGIES; RAPID URBANIZATIONS; TRIBUATARIES;

WATER RESOURCES;

EID: 84930034123     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-00530-0_1     Document Type: Editorial

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