Volume : III, Issue : II, February - 2013

Types and Sources of Flood in Murshidabad, West Bengal

Swati Mollah

Abstract :

Flood is defined as abnormal high stage of flow which overtops the natural or artificial river banks in any reach and causes immense loss of crops, property, human lives and lines of communication. It is a natural event that results from excess runoff generated from a drainage basin due to severe combination of critical hydrologic and meteorological conditions over the region. Murshidabad district is affected by frequent heavy flooding, drainage congestion and bank erosion, resulting in extensive submergence of land, loss of life and property and dislocation of the communication system. At times, the period of flood above danger level is 40 to 70 days. The present study aims to find out the main sources of occurrence of flood other than rainfall and their regional distribution. The paper identifies river bank erosion, overflow of western tributaries and discharge from dam, water logging from feeder canal, decay of spill channel and drainage congestion and overflow from the Ganga/Padma as the main sources of flood in Murshidabad. This study will help formulate of plans for flood management according to the types of flood in the district and further detail study of sources of flood.

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Swati Mollah Types and Sources of Flood in Murshidabad, West Bengal Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.III, Issue.II February 2013

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