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706
Practical
1.
Visit to selected forest areas to undertake and understand
various participatory research methods
8
2.
Including participatory rural appraisal techniques like
social mapping, resource mapping, Venn diagrams, transect
walk, time lines, etc.
8
Total
16
I. Course Title
: Forest Hydrology and Watershed Management
II. Course Code
: FRM 609
III. Credit Hours
: 2+1
IV. Aim of the course
To impart knowledge and understanding among the students on various aspects of
hydrology and watershed management and different government schemes on
watershed management.
V. Theory
Unit I
Introduction to watershed hydrology, its management and agricultural sustainability
issues; need of integrated watershed management in India; delineation of
watersheds. Hydrology of watershed systems; estimation of surface runoff and
sediment yields; effect of precipitation and hydro-climatic conditions on watershed
systems; watershed erosion processes and their prevention; instrumentation and
measurement of watershed management indicators.
Unit II
Use of GPS, GIS, RS and Decision Support Systems (DSS) in watershed
management; technologies for rain-fed farming; socio-economic evaluation of the
watershed management projects. Peoples’ participation and livelihood analysis;
cropping system and resource conservation techniques in watersheds.
Unit III
Heuristics and indigenous technical knowledge (ITKs) in watershed management;
watershedassociations and groups in villages of India; Government policies, acts
and schemes on watershed management
Unit IV
Mathematical modelling of hydrologic processes-precipitation, infiltration, evapo-
transpiration, run-off, soil water balance. Watershed modeling. Frequency analysis
for design of hydrologic systems; time series analysis for hydrologic design and
forecasting.
VI. Practical
• Rain water budgeting – run off and soil loss, infiltration, soil moisture, deep
percolation and ground water recharge, rainfall measurement hydrographs.
• Techniques for measuring subsurface flow on hill slopes. Field study of hill slope
Sr. No
Topic
No. of Practical(s)

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Forestry–Forest Resource Management
707
flow processes.
• Survey of watershed, Preparation of micro-plan and planning of watershed for
effective implementation.
• Preparation of contour maps, Estimation of earth work, Design of check dams,
Acquaintance with water lifting devices, Use of measurement, Conveyance and
control structures. Watershed delineation using GIS techniques.