AQUIFER MAPPING AND GROUND WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN IN MUZAFFARNAGAR DISTRICT, UTTAR PRADESH
Category |
Aquifer Mapping |
State |
Uttar Pradesh
|
District |
Muzaffarnagar |
Block |
Baghara Budhana Charthawal Jansath Khatauli Morna Muzaffarnagar Purkaji Shahpur |
Year of Issue |
2017 |
Number of Authors |
0 |
Name of Authors |
NA |
Keywords |
GEOLOGY, RAINFALL CLIMATE, GEOMORPHOLOGY AND SOIL, GROUND WATER RELATED ISSUES AND PROBLEMS, GROUND WATER MANAGEMENT STRATEGY, MUZAFFARNAGAR DISTRICT |
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Muzaffarnagar district, covering an area of 2958.08 sq. km lies in the northwest of
Uttar Pradesh. The western half of the district occupies part of Yamuna basin and eastern part of the
district the northern part of Ganga basin. The District is drained by rivers Ganga in the east and Hindon in the west.
In fact, the drainage pattern of the district is strictly governed by these two major rivers
Ganga and Yamuna, which forms western boundary of the Shamli district. Both the rivers in
their respective course flow more or less north to south. Major tributary of Ganga is Solani
river and that of Yamuna is Hindon and Kali Nadi.