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Hydrogeochemical attributes of the meltwater emerging from Gangotri glacier, uttaranchal

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The river at its origin known as “Bhagirathi” attains the title “Ganga” after its confluence with Alaknanda, originates from the snout of Gangotri glacier. Water samples were collected from the selected sites from Gaumukh to Haridwar (2000–2001) for two seasons (pre-monsoon and post-monsoon) and analyzed for various physico-chemical characteristics. The pH, nitrate (NO3), conductance, chloride, alkalinity, total hardness, fluoride, sulphate and total dissolved solids were found to be in the ranges of 6.0–7.6, 0.225–10.6 mg/l, 73.0–978 μmhos, 5.0–70.0 mg/l, 15–90 mg/l, 10.0–250.0 mg/l, 0.23–1.60 mg/l, 12.0–150.0 mg/l and 37.0–190.6 mg/l respectively.

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  1. Department of Environmental Science, S R Institute of Management and Technology, Lucknow, 227 202, India

    Shashikant Trivedi

  2. Aquatic Toxicology Division, Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow, 226 001, India

    K. Gopal

  3. Department of Environmental Science, Dr RML Avadh University, Faizabad, 224 001, India

    Jaswant Singh

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Trivedi, S., Gopal, K. & Singh, J. Hydrogeochemical attributes of the meltwater emerging from Gangotri glacier, uttaranchal. J Geol Soc India 76, 105–110 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12594-010-0087-8

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