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VII. Suggested Reading
Chow VT, David M and Mays LW. 1988. 
Applied Hydrology
. McGraw Hill.
Ghanshyan Das. 2000. 
Hydrology and Soil Conservation Engineering
. Prentice Hall.
Isobel W Heathcote. 1998. 
Integrated Watershed Management: Principles and Practice
. Wiley
Publ.
Kenneth N Brooks, Peter FF folliott, Hans M Gregersen, Leonard F DeBano. 1991. 
Hydrology
and the Management of Watersheds.
Wiley-Blackwell.
Tideman EM. 1996. 
Watershed Management
. Omega Scientific Publ.
Lecture Schedule
Sr. No.
Topic
No. of Lecture(s)
Theory
1.
Introduction to watershed hydrology, its management and
agricultural sustainability issues; need of integrated watershed
management in India; delineation of watersheds
4
2.
Hydrology of watershed systems; estimation of surface runoff
and sediment yields
3
3.
Effect of precipitation and hydro-climatic conditions on
watershed systems; watershed erosion processes and its prevention
3
4.
Instrumentation and measurement of watershed management indicators.
1
5.
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
4
6.
Peoples’ participation and livelihood analysis; cropping system and
resource conservation techniques in watersheds
3
7.
Heuristics and indigenous technical knowledge (ITKs) in
watershed management; watershedassociations and groups in
villages of India
3
8.
Government policies, acts and schemes on watershed management
2
9.
Mathematical modelling of hydrologic processes-precipitation,
infiltration, evapo-transpiration, run-off, soil water balance
3
10.
Watershed modeling
3
11.
Frequency analysis for design of hydrologic systems; time series
analysis for hydrologic design and forecasting
3
Total
32
Practical
1.
Rain water budgeting – run off and soil loss, infiltration, soil
moisture, deep percolation and ground water recharge,
rainfall measurements hydrograph
4
2.
Techniques for measuring subsurface flow on hill slopes. Field
study of hill slope flow processes
3
3.
Survey of watershed, Preparation of micro-plan and planning of
watershed for effective implementation
3

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4.
Preparation of contour maps, Estimation of earth work,
Design of check dams, Acquaintance with water lifting devices,
Use of measurement, Conveyance and control structures
4
5.
Watershed delineation using GIS techniques
2