AQUIFER MAPPING AND MANAGEMENT OF GROUND WATER RESOURCES BALH VALLEY, DISTRICT MANDI, HIMACHAL PRADESH
Category |
Aquifer Mapping |
State |
Himachal Pradesh
|
District |
Mandi |
Block |
Balh |
Year of Issue |
2019 |
Number of Authors |
1 |
Name of Authors |
CGWB |
Keywords |
Aquifer Mapping, Management Plan, Hydrochemistry, Balh Valley Block, Aquifer Disposition, Water Level, Resources |
File |
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The study area Balh valley forms few small intermontane valleys prominent among
them is the Balh valley, located in the lesser Himalayan ranges, having an average altitude of
about 790 m amsl and have a general slope towards NNE. The valley floor is undulating and is
marked by low hillocks and terraces fringing the hills and intervening low alluvial plain. Balh
valley are Alluvium, terrace deposits, fluvial deposits of Quaternary period occur in the
intermontane valleys area of about 101 sq.km and extending SE-NW direction between northern
latitudes of 31°30’ to 31°41’ and eastern longitudes of 76°53’ to 77°58’ which falls in the Survey
of India Toposheet no. 53 A/14.