Rivers of the Ganga-Brahmaputra-Meghna Delta

A Fluvial Account of Bengal

  • Kalyan Rudra
Book

Part of the Geography of the Physical Environment book series (GEOPHY)

Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Rivers of the Ganga–Brahmaputra–Meghna Delta: An Overview
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    Pages 1-14
  3. Evolution of the Bengal Basin
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    Pages 15-25
  4. Rivers of the Tarai–Doors and Barind Tract
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    Pages 27-47
  5. The Dynamic Ganga
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    Pages 49-71
  6. The Jamuna–Meghna System
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    Pages 73-76
  7. The Bhagirathi-Hugli River System
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    Pages 77-93
  8. The Western Tributaries to the Bhagirathi–Hugli River
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    Pages 95-106
  9. The Sundarban
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    Pages 107-124
  10. Flood in the GBM Delta
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    Pages 125-136
  11. Management of Rivers in the GBM Delta
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    Pages 137-162
  12. Conflicts Over Sharing the Waters of Transboundary Rivers
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    Pages 163-172
  13. The Concept of Ecological Flow
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    Pages 173-185
  14. Back Matter
    Pages 187-190
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About this book

Introduction

This is the first comprehensive book on the rivers of the Ganga-Brahmaputra-Meghna delta. This volume covers all aspects of this highly populated region including land conflicts and environmental impacts such as the Indo-Bangladesh conflict over sharing of trans-boundary water. This book addresses the topic from a highly interdisciplinary perspective covering areas of geography, geology, environment, history, archaeology, sociology and politics of the Bengal region.

The book appeals to a wide range of audiences from India, Bangladesh and the international community. The style of presentation makes it easily suitable for students, researchers and interested laymen. 

Keywords

Geological Evolution of GBM Delta Hydro-diplomacy India Changing river courses Bengal Seasonal Floods and Flood Risks Farakka Barrage Environmental Impacts in Bengal Trans-boundary Water Issues Water conflict India Bangladesh Erosion, Avulsion and Sediment River Embankment Sundarban Jamuna

Authors and affiliations

  • Kalyan Rudra
    • 1
  1. 1.Environment DepartmentWest Bengal Pollution Control BoardKolkataIndia

Bibliographic information

  • DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76544-0
  • Copyright Information Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
  • Publisher Name Springer, Cham
  • eBook Packages Earth and Environmental Science
  • Print ISBN 978-3-319-76543-3
  • Online ISBN 978-3-319-76544-0
  • Series Print ISSN 2366-8865
  • Series Online ISSN 2366-8873
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