The book presents geomorphological studies of the major river basins – the Indus, Ganga and Brahmaputra and their tributaries. Besides major basins, the book explores peninsular rivers and other rivers state-by-state. All types of rivers, i.e. snow-fed, rain-fed and groundwater-fed rivers are explained together in geological framework. Rivers are lifeline and understanding of the rivers, their dynamics, science and socio-economic aspect is very important. However, different sources provide different data base for rivers. But a book which explains all major rivers of a country at a single place was not yet available. This book is the first book of its kind in the world which provides expert opinion on all major rivers of a country like India. This book complements works in these areas for the last two to three decades on major rivers of India by eminent professors and scientists from different universities, IITs and Indian research institutions. The information presented in the book would appeal to a wider readership from students, teachers to researchers and planners engaged in developmental work and also to common people of the society concerned with awareness about rivers.

This two-volume set, with cd-rom, comprises the Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Environmental Hydraulics & the 14th Congress of Asia and Pacific Division, International Association of Hydraulic Engineering and Research held in December 2004 in Hong Kong. Volume 1 covers the selected papers presented at the 4th Internation

Kinematic wave (KW) modeling methods are gaining wide acceptance as fast and accurate methods for handling a wide range of water modeling problems. This book provides a through reference to the application of KW methods to such problems as the spatial representation of watersheds, overland flow routing, and channel flow routing.

Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Water Science and Application Series, Volume 6. During the past four decades, computer-based mathematical models of watershed hydrology have been widely used for a variety of applications including hydrologic forecasting, hydrologic design, and water resources management. These models are based on general mathematical descriptions of the watershed processes that transform natural forcing (e.g., rainfall over the landscape) into response (e.g., runoff in the rivers). The user of a watershed hydrology model must specify the model parameters before the model is able to properly simulate the watershed behavior.

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Irodov is renowned for developing the problem-based skills in physics. Almost every engineer students prefer to go through Irodov’s Problems due to its unmatched pedagogies enhancing the conceptual clarity and ultimately raising the confidence level of aspirants to perform better in their exams. Solutions to IRODOV‘S Problems in General PHYSICS has been revised to teach the solutions to the most difficult and trickiest questions of Physics. Various methodologies shown in the book stimulate the intellect of the students to work out the concept-based problems by strengthening the fundamentals of the Physics. Volume 1 is segregated into two parts promoting the problem-based skill in the topics of Mechanics, Thermodynamics and Molecular Physics. For all the aspirants of Engineering Entrances (IIT JEE, etc.), this classic book is a great source to build up the confidence and those who are seeking to participate in Physics Olympiad, this book equally serves best to them as well. Table of Contents Part I Mechanics: Kinematics, The Fundamental Equation of Dynamics, Laws of Conservation of Energy, Momentum and Angular Momentum, Universal Gravitation, Dynamics of a Solid Body, Elastic Deformation of a Solid Body, Hydrodynamics, Relativistic Mechanism, Part II Thermodynamics and Molecular Physics, Equation of the Gas State, Processes, The First Law of Thermodynamics: Heat Capacity, Kinetic Theory of Gases: Boltzmann’s Law and Maxwell’s Distribution, The Second Law of Thermodynamics, Entropy, Liquids, Capillary Effects, Phase Transformations, Transport Phenomena

The world has become obsessed with the Western notions of progress, development, and globalization, the latter a form of human and economic homogenization. These processes, through the aegis of the United Nations, are comparatively monitored. Those nations deemed to be ‘lagging behind’ are then provided with foreign aid and developmental assistance. For nearly seventy years, India has sought its place in this global endeavour; yet, even today, abject poverty and backwardness can be observed in districts in almost every state; with the highest concentration of such districts found in the state of Bihar and a cultural enclave, known as Mithila. Development in India has been elusive because it is difficult to define; and because the Western concepts of development and progress have no absolute equivalents within many non-Western settings. As a consequence, development programmes often fail because they are unable to ask the right questions, but equally important is the political economy derived from foreign aid. For politicians, there is no long-term benefit to be derived from successful development. In general, foreign aid only serves to corrupt governments and politicians and, in the end, does very little for those who need help. The struggling states of Bihar and Mithila serve as extreme examples of India‘s problems. Development here has been thwarted by a hereditary landed aristocracy supported by religion, casteism, custom, social stratification, tradition, and patterns of behaviour that can be traced back millennia. In turn, all these have been masterfully manipulated by co-opted politicians, who have turned politics into a veritable art form as this volume comprehensively demonstrates.