Nature of Denudation in the Garhwal Lesser Himalaya: A Case Study from Tons River Basin

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5.2 WATER DISCAHRGE
The monthly and seasonally hydrographs were analyzed and summarized, and results are tabulate in (Table 1 and Table 2) and presented in (Fig.3 and Fig. 4).The watershed discharge of water of annual hydrograph at the average rate of (373.91 l/s/km2).The minimum water discharge by watershed (11.06 l/s/km2) in the month of December followed by (11.89 l/s/km2) in February and (11.95 l/s/km2) in the month of January. August is the month of peak water discharge at average rate of (83.82 l/s/km2) and the month of July is the second peak discharge at the average rate of (80.21 l/s/km2). Seasonally hydrograph resulted (Table 2) that the watershed has capacity to generate maximum flood during in rainy season at the rate (62.86 l/s/km2) of 67.60% having wide variations depending upon the seasonal and ecological conditions as comparison to winter and summer seasons at the rate of (11.70 l/s/km2) 12.28% and (18.86 l/s/km2) 20.12% respectively.

5.3 SEDIMENTS BUDGET
The daily, weekly and monthly suspended and dissolved load data has been collected and measured, deposited bed load data was collected in rainy seasons only, during the study period, and it was summarized in tables and presented in figures.

5.2.1 SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS
The average suspended sediment is shown in (Table-3) and represented in (Fig.-5). It reveals that annual average suspended sediment was calculated (1081.25 t/km2/y). Out of which about (332.71t/km2/y), (30.77%) was calculated in the month of August followed by the month of July was recorded maximum (279.48t/km2/y), (25.85%). And minimum recorded months were February & March i.e. (6.12t/km2/y), (0.57%) and (6.89t/km2/y), (0.64%) respectively. The three years annual average seasonal suspended...

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