River Basins: Water Discharge & Other Datasets
- India-WRIS Basin Reports
- Indian Census 2011
- India-WRIS Hydromet Data
- Center for Sustainability and Global Environment – University of Wisconsin-Madison
- The role of mega dams in reducing sediment fluxes
- Man-made climatic changes in the Ganges basin
- Major Ganga sub basins water balance analysis report – World Bank
- Aqueduct by Global Forest Watch
- Google Earth Engine
India’s Water Availability
- Per Capita availability of Water – Press Information Bureau
- India’s Water Wealth
- Overview of Ground Water in India
- India Groundwater: a Valuable but Diminishing Resource – World Bank
- Charting Our Water Future
- A Clash of Competing Necessities
- Dwindling Groundwater Resources in northern India
- Water for a Sustainable World – UN
Our Rivers Are Dying
- Climate Change in the Himalaya
- Drawing Water for Thirsty Lands Stories of the Closing Krishna River
- Evaluating the hydrological response to land cover change
- Ganga Sub-basins Water Balance Report
- Rejuvenation of Non Glacial Fed Rivers in Uttarakhand
- WWF’s Top 10 Rivers at Risk
Saving Our Rivers
- Trees, forests and water: Cool insights for a hot world
- Trees can raise groundwater table – Deccan Herald
- The Role of Trees and Forests in Healthy Watersheds
- Estimation of Groundwater Recharge under various land covers
- The rain–runoff response of tropical humid forest ecosystems
- Role of Agroforestry in Watershed Management
- Role of agroforestry in maintenance of hydrological functions
- Danube Rivers Morphology and Revitalization
- Restoration Diagnostic Case Example – China
- Intermediate tree cover can maximize groundwater recharge
- Working Trees for Water Quality – National Agroforestry Center
- Trees boost African crop yields and food security – BBC News
- The role of trees in soil and nutrient conservation
- Benefits of Streamside Forestry
- Modelling Hydrologic regime of Lakshmanatirtha
- Hydrological Responses at Regional Scale to Landscape Dynamics
- Degraded and Wastelands of India
- Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Forest Governance
- Where Rivers Are Born
Riparian forests for healthy rivers
Increasing Farmers’ Incomes
- http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-maharashtra-government-to-give-tree-credits-as-an-incentive-for-planting-trees-2228327
- http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/agriculture/plan-according-to-market-requirement-before-cultivation/article5892441.ece
- https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2016/oct/29/indian-farmers-fight-against-climate-change-using-trees-as-a-weapon
- http://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/money-to-grow-on-trees-maharashtra-will-give-tree-credits-to-those-who-raise-trees-262412.html
- http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/1-million-trees-raised-in-5-districts/article4640431.ece
- http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/himachal-pradesh-earns-rs-1-93-crore-through-carbon-credits-under-bio-carbon-project/
- http://www.active-tourism.com/factsEcotourism1.pdf
- http://shm.ap.nic.in/Success_Stores/SHMSuccessStories23-03-2010.pdf
- http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/agriculture/plan-according-to-market-requirement-before-cultivation/article5892441.ece
- http://www.agritech.tnau.ac.in/success_stories/sucess%20stories_Hoticulture.html
- http://www.agritech.tnau.ac.in/success_stories/sucess%20stories_Hoticulture.html
- http://www.krishijagran.com/farm-data/success-stories/2016/01/From-Traditional-Agriculture-to-Modern-Horticulture
- http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/A-sweet-tale-of-how-neem-trees-yield-money/article12549014.ece
How Planting Trees Works
- http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/7539/7/07_chapter%202.pdf
- http://www.indiawaterportal.org/articles/baseflow-studies-three-rivers-between-mahanadi-and-godavari-deltas-research-report-national
- http://www.indiawaterportal.org/sites/indiawaterportal.org/files/Regional_low_flow_analysis_for_Narmada_basin_NIH_1997-98.pdf
- http://www.a-a-r-s.org/acrs/administrator/components/com_jresearch/files/publications/Ab%200095.pdf
- http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022169412008190
- http://www.fao.org/docrep/ARTICLE/WFC/XII/0051-B5.HTM
- https://www.nature.com/articles/srep21930
- http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959378017300134
- http://www.fao.org/docrep/006/u5620e/U5620E05.htm
- http://ijiet.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/77.pdf
- http://www.deccanherald.com/content/125574/trees-can-raise-groundwater-table.html
Why Rivers Are Losing Water
- http://www.prsindia.org/administrator/uploads/general/1455682937~~Overview%20of%20Ground%20Water%20in%20India.pdf
- http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2012/03/06/india-groundwater-critical-diminishing
- http://serialsjournals.com/serialjournalmanager/pdf/1345722010.pdf
- http://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/divers15-08/010047105.pdf
- http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hyp.9826/abstract
- http://www.seipub.org/awrp/Download.aspx?ID=9750
Case Studies & Initiatives
- http://wgbis.ces.iisc.ernet.in/energy/water/paper/Modelling-Hydrologic/Cauvery_GHTC.pdf
- http://wgbis.ces.iisc.ernet.in/energy/water/paper/Hydrological-Responses/JBD-5-1,2-011-14-38-Ramachandra-T-V-Tx[2].pdf
- http://serialsjournals.com/serialjournalmanager/pdf/1345722010.pdf
- https://books.google.co.in/books?id=Qc8rBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA126&lpg=PA126#v=onepage&q&f=false
- http://historia-actual.org/Publicaciones/index.php/rha/article/viewFile/335/728
- https://thewire.in/112409/growing-forest-transforms-jharkhand-village/
- http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=154097
- http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Govt-to-plant-4-crore-trees-along-Ganga-river/articleshow/51515294.cms
- http://www.forganga.in/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Forestry-models-proposed-for-states.pdf
- https://www.telegraphindia.com/1150707/jsp/bihar/story_30003.jsp
- http://circle.forest.kerala.gov.in/sfkollam/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=149&Itemid=141
- http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/casuarina-plantations-offer-multiple-benefits/article3407049.ece
- http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/raipur/target-set-chhattisgarh-to-be-greener-in-2015.html
- http://www.cgmfpfed.org/new/act_rules/Chhattisgarh%20Forest%20Policy%20Act%202001%20(English).pdf
- http://www.moef.gov.in/sites/default/files/Chhattisgarh.pdf
- http://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/dry-no-more-57481
- http://www.bayjournal.com/article/our_streams_could_just_die_for_more_riparian_forest_buffers
- http://www.kansasforests.org/streamside_forestry/
- http://www.danubeparks.org/files/855 DanubeRiverMorphologyRevitalization.pdf
- https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/apr/13/500000-tree-planting-project-helped-yorkshire-town-miss-winter-floods
- https://www.thethirdpole.net/2016/05/11/pakistans-billion-tree-tsunami-takes-hold/
- http://www.worldagroforestry.org/downloads/publications/PDFs/PO99146.PDF
- http://www.fao.org/docrep/ARTICLE/WFC/XII/0051-B5.HTM
How Trees Reduce Flood & Droughts
- http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/esp.3919/abstract
- http://www.a-a-r-s.org/acrs/administrator/components/com_jresearch/files/publications/Ab%200095.pdf
- https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/apr/13/500000-tree-planting-project-helped-yorkshire-town-miss-winter-floods
- https://www.thethirdpole.net/2016/05/11/pakistans-billion-tree-tsunami-takes-hold/
- http://extension.psu.edu/plants/green-industry/landscaping/culture/the-role-of-trees-and-forests-in-healthy-watersheds
- http://www.worldagroforestry.org/downloads/publications/PDFs/PO99146.PDF
- http://www.fao.org/docrep/ARTICLE/WFC/XII/0051-B5.HTM
- http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/7539/7/07_chapter%202.pdf
- http://www.indiawaterportal.org/articles/baseflow-studies-three-rivers-between-mahanadi-and-godavari-deltas-research-report-national
- http://www.indiawaterportal.org/sites/indiawaterportal.org/files/Regional_low_flow_analysis_for_Narmada_basin_NIH_1997-98.pdf
How Trees Improve Groundwater Recharge
- http://www.prsindia.org/administrator/uploads/general/1455682937~~Overview%20of%20Ground%20Water%20in%20India.pdf
- http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2012/03/06/india-groundwater-critical-diminishing
- http://www.deccanherald.com/content/125574/trees-can-raise-groundwater-table.html
- http://science.sciencemag.org/content/314/5804/1442
- http://www.nature.com/nclimate/journal/v4/n6/full/nclimate2208.html
- http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2008GL035143/abstract
- http://www.fao.org/docrep/006/u5620e/U5620E05.htm
- http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/esp.3919/abstract
- http://eands.dacnet.nic.in/PDF/Agricultural-Statistics-At-Glance2014.pdf
- http://waterfootprint.org/en/resources/water-footprint-statistics/#CP1
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/283514605_Water_Management_in_Pomegranate
How Trees Increase Farmers’ Incomes
- https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2016/oct/29/indian-farmers-fight-against-climate-change-using-trees-as-a-weapon
- http://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/money-to-grow-on-trees-maharashtra-will-give-tree-credits-to-those-who-raise-trees-262412.html
- http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/1-million-trees-raised-in-5-districts/article4640431.ece
- http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/himachal-pradesh-earns-rs-1-93-crore-through-carbon-credits-under-bio-carbon-project/
- http://www.active-tourism.com/factsEcotourism1.pdf
- http://shm.ap.nic.in/Success_Stores/SHMSuccessStories23-03-2010.pdf
- http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/agriculture/plan-according-to-market-requirement-before-cultivation/article5892441.ece
- http://www.agritech.tnau.ac.in/success_stories/sucess%20stories_Hoticulture.html
- http://www.krishijagran.com/farm-data/success-stories/2016/01/From-Traditional-Agriculture-to-Modern-Horticulture
- http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/A-sweet-tale-of-how-neem-trees-yield-money/article12549014
How Trees Prevent Soil Erosion
- http://punenvis.nic.in/index2.aspx?slid=208&mid=1&langid=1&sublinkid=63
- http://www.ohioswallow.com/extras/9780821417515_chapter_01.pdf
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- https://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-agriculture/full-planet-empty-plates-chapter-5-eroding-soils-darkening-our-future.html
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- http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/desertification-affects-quarter-of-indias-land/1/367345.html
- http://www.icar.org.in/files/Degraded-and-Wastelands.pdf
- http://web.utk.edu/~drtd0c/Soil%20Erosion.pdf
- https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/nrcs142p2_010152.pdf
- https://books.google.co.in/books?id=QI93ntXUA4sC&pg=PA117&lpg=PA117&f=false#v=onepage&q&f=false
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- http://www.financialexpress.com/archive/degraded-land-costs-rs-28500-crore-to-india/636262/
- http://www.jstor.org/stable/3673736
- http://science.sciencemag.org/content/314/5804/1442
- http://www.nature.com/nclimate/journal/v4/n6/full/nclimate2208.html
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- https://in.boell.org/sites/default/files/valuation_of_ess_.pdf
- http://www.fao.org/docrep/T0178E/T0178E03.htm
- http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0309133307081290
- http://www.wri.org/sites/default/files/WRI_Restoration_Diagnostic_Case_Example_China.pdf
- https://www.crcpress.com/Land-Use-Effects-on-Streamflow-and-Water-Quality-in-the-Northeastern-United/de-la-Cretaz-Barten/p/book/9780849391873
How Trees Improve Soil Quality
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- http://www.avenuemail.in/india/top-soil-scientist-keen-help-india-nobody-listens/106387/
- http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-15305271
- http://msue.anr.msu.edu/news/compost_increases_the_water_holding_capacity_of_droughty_soils
- https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/06/healthy-soil-microbes-healthy-people/276710/
- http://www.asopah.org/journals/ajga/ajga6/ajga620510034.pdf
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- http://snowmannetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/SN03-14-17_GlobalSoilBiodiversityAtlas_No-till-vs-conventional-tillage_Aug2014.pdf
How Trees Mitigate Climate Change & Regulate Rainfall
- http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/08/trees-amazon-make-their-own-rain
- https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2010/dec/21/what-is-climate-change
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- http://www.issg.org/database/species/ecology.asp?si=214
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- http://www.feedipedia.org/node/80
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- https://books.google.co.in/books?id=Y2n2pH4G9ocC&lpg=PT931&pg=PT931#v=onepage&q&f=false
How Trees Improve Water Quality
- https://nac.unl.edu/documents/workingtrees/brochures/wtwq.pdf
- http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/07/29/maintaining-the-superiority-of-nyc%E2%80%99s-drinking-water/
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- http://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/21/us/planting-trees-and-not-crops-to-fight-water-pollution.html
- http://www.bayjournal.com/article/our_streams_could_just_die_for_more_riparian_forest_buffers
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- http://orgprints.org/18172/1/Agroforestry_synopsis.pdf
- http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0167880988900345
How Trees Protect Biodiversity
- https://www.internationalrivers.org/resources/india%E2%80%99s-dammed-rivers-suffer-fisheries-collapse-7758
- http://www.worldagroforestry.org/sea/Publications/files/bookchapter/BC0147-05.pdf
References with Access Restrictions
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Miscellaneous References
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- http://www.winrock.org/fnrm/factnet/factpub/FACTSH/ziziphus.htm
- http://www.feedipedia.org/node/80
- http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/indian_jujube.html
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- https://nac.unl.edu/documents/workingtrees/brochures/wtwq.pdf
- http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/07/29/maintaining-the-superiority-of-nyc%E2%80%99s-drinking-water/
- http://www.ecosystemmarketplace.com/articles/ecosystem-services-in-the-new-york-city-watershed-1969-12-31/
- http://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/21/us/planting-trees-and-not-crops-to-fight-water-pollution.html
- http://www.bayjournal.com/article/our_streams_could_just_die_for_more_riparian_forest_buffers
- http://cpcb.nic.in/upload/NewItems/NewItem_211_IRBM_Report.pdf
- http://www.scirp.org/(S(i43dyn45teexjx455qlt3d2q))/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50596
- http://orgprints.org/18172/1/Agroforestry_synopsis.pdf
- http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0167880988900345
- https://www.internationalrivers.org/resources/india%E2%80%99s-dammed-rivers-suffer-fisheries-collapse-7758
- http://www.worldagroforestry.org/sea/Publications/files/bookchapter/BC0147-05.pdf
- http://www.dolr.nic.in/WastelandsAtlas2011/Wastelands_Atlas_2011.pdf
- http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/quiet-chokes-the-godavari-river-turns-into-trickle-in-maharashtra/story-DOW9nPPGq0GinjG2338TUM.html
- https://www.telegraphindia.com/1160525/jsp/frontpage/story_87509.jsp
- http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Telangana/2016-03-29/Godavari-goes-dry/217107
- http://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/300416/godavari-so-dry-it-s-now-a-short-cut.html
- http://mel.xmu.edu.cn/upload_paper/2013319152508-aNTXo7.pdf
- http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/Bharathapuzha-is-dry-much-ahead-of-summer/article14989576.ece
- http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31811&articlexml=Kabini-dries-up-farmers-hit-04052016002029
- https://www.pressreader.com/india/the-times-of-india-mumbai-edition/20170530/281986082510011
- http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/society/the-unsung-sisters-of-vaigai/article8218660.ece
- http://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/in-other-news/310117/rivers-in-northern-and-central-tamil-nadu-run-dry.html
- http://blogs.reuters.com/india/2016/05/20/dry-river-fails-to-dampen-kumbh-mela-spirit-in-ujjain/
- http://www.orissapost.com/perennial-river-musal-dries-up/
- http://www.newindianexpress.com/opinions/2017/jul/03/odisha-and-chhattisgarh-turning-mahanadi-into-the-next-Kaveri-1623446–1.html
- http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/22-of-Indias-32-big-cities-face-water-crisis/articleshow/22426076.cms
- http://www.firstpost.com/india/south-indias-drought-part-1-five-states-face-a-severe-water-crisis-made-worse-by-the-onset-of-summer-3394636.html
- http://www.iisc.ernet.in/currsci/sep102005/794.pdf
- http://www.pnas.org/content/109/9/3232
- http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-opinion/insure-farmers-against-climate-change/article8587072.ece
- http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/kerala-drought/article9557716.ece
- http://zeenews.india.com/tamil-nadu/tamil-nadu-faces-worst-drought-in-140-years-chennai-drinking-water-supply-restricted-by-50-2018775.html
- https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40601
- http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/driven-by-drought-crocodiles-leave-manjeera-river-enter-fields/article7899664.ece
- http://newsable.asianetnews.tv/karnataka/warning-source-of-Kaveri-river-goes-dry-no-fight-speeches-can-get-the-water-back
- http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/bulging-waste-lines-killing-the-narmada/articleshow/59245074.cms
- http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/surat/Narmada-riverbed-turning-into-salt-pan/articleshow/52597147.cms
- https://thewire.in/48424/government-inaction-is-turning-the-banks-of-the-narmada-into-salt-pans/
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- http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Ganga-drying-up-as-summer-intensifies-across-India/articleshow/52054391.cms
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- http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/drought-like-situation-prevails-over-manipur/article5928737.ece
- http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Manipur-declared-drought-hit/articleshow/4709714.cms
Rivers References
Bharathapuzha River:
- http://file.scirp.org/pdf/JGIS20100400007_86122860.pdf
- http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2004/03/05/stories/2004030501121700.htm
- http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/Bharathapuzha-is-dry-much-ahead-of-summer/article14989576.ece
- http://file.scirp.org/pdf/JGIS20100400007_86122860.pdf
- http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/bharathapuzha-richest-among-kerala-rivers-in-fish-diversity/article5406623.ece
- http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/Water-from-Bharathapuzha-poses-health-hazard-in-Kerala/article14000038.ece
- Photo Credit: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kuttippuram_Bharathapuzha_10_Image0333.jpg
Bhima River
- http://www.india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=WRIS_Publications#Basin_Reports
- http://www.india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/HydroObservationStationApp.html?UType=QWR2YW5jZWQ=?UName=
- https://wrd.maharashtra.gov.in/portal/content/default/pdf/events/K5Draft.pdf
- https://wrd.maharashtra.gov.in/portal/content/default/pdf/events/K6final.pdf
- http://www.tata.com/article/inside/!$$$!t9v9lB!$$$$!Oic=/TLYVr3YPkMU=
Gomti River
- http://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/108/03/0434.pdf
- http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/983071491924854124/Major-Ganga-sub-basins-water-balance-analysis-report
- http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/149040/11/11_chapter%204.pdf
- http://www.earthscienceindia.info/pdfupload/tech_pdf-1327.pdf
- Photo Credit: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gomati_River.JPG
Noyyal River
- http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/05/19/stories/2003051900900100.htm
- http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mag/2005/10/30/stories/2005103000240400.htm
- http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/coimbatore/coconut-farmers-in-udumalpettai-feel-the-heat-cut-down-trees/articleshow/59497508.cms
- http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/33831/3/chapter3.pdf
- http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mag/2005/10/30/stories/2005103000240400.htm
- http://isha.sadhguru.org/blog/yoga-meditation/history-of-yoga/the-velliangiris-a-mountain-of-a-temple/
- Photo Credit: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Noyyal-at-Noyyal-Cross.JPG
Yamuna River
- http://www.india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=WRIS_Publications#Basin_Reports
- http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/983071491924854124/Major-Ganga-sub-basins-water-balance-analysis-report
- http://www.aloki.hu/pdf/1403_773792.pdf
- https://books.google.co.in/books?id=wNivbEPTAfMC&lpg=PA23&ots=fKeg3ZwU0h&f=false
- Photo Credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/dms_303/3841989607/
Ganga River
- http://www.india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=WRIS_Publications#Basin_Reports
- http://nelson.wisc.edu/sage/data-and-models/riverdata/index.php
- http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/983071491924854124/Major-Ganga-sub-basins-water-balance-analysis-report
- https://books.google.co.in/books?id=2W4WooQGUkMC&lpg=PT13&ots=vJMRepN6LG&pg=PT13#v=onepage&q&f=false
- http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17134270
- http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/river-ganga-can-fight-microorganisms-that-cause-tuberculosis-pneumonia-study/articleshow/54505873.cms
Narmada River
- http://www.india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=WRIS_Publications#Basin_Reports
- http://www.india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/HydroObservationStationApp.html?UType=QWR2YW5jZWQ=?UName= http://nelson.wisc.edu/sage/data-and-models/riverdata/index.php
- http://www.thehindu.com/society/history-and-culture/gateway-to-the-world/article17440934.ece
Godavari River
- http://www.india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=WRIS_Publications#Basin_Reports
- http://www.india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/HydroObservationStationApp.html?UType=QWR2YW5jZWQ=?UName=
- http://nelson.wisc.edu/sage/data-and-models/riverdata/index.php
- Photo Credit: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Godavari_river_at_Puntamba_in_January.JPG
Krishna River
- http://www.india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=WRIS_Publications#Basin_Reports
- http://www.india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/HydroObservationStationApp.html?UType=QWR2YW5jZWQ=?UName=
- http://nelson.wisc.edu/sage/data-and-models/riverdata/index.php
- Photo Credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jogamindenkinek/6379455835/
Kaveri River
- http://www.india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=WRIS_Publications#Basin_Reports
- http://www.india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/HydroObservationStationApp.html?UType=QWR2YW5jZWQ=?UName=
- http://nelson.wisc.edu/sage/data-and-models/riverdata/index.php
- http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212094713000236
- https://books.google.co.in/books?id=agRh_BzopMsC&lpg=PA132&pg=PA132#v=onepage&q&f=false
- Photo Credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/sriram80/521578354/
Kabini River
- http://www.india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=WRIS_Publications#Basin_Reports
- http://www.india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/HydroObservationStationApp.html
- http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/79189/3/12_chapter2.pdf
- http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kozhikode/Kabini-dries-up-farmers-hit/articleshow/52101127.cms
- http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/inflow-into-kabini-dam-up-flood-alert-issued/article4881775.ece
- http://waterresources.kar.nic.in/river_systems.htm
- https://news.webindia123.com/news/Articles/India/20170721/3151512.html
- http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report-kabini-reservoir-full-bangalore-can-now-get-more-water-1727484
- http://www.deccanherald.com/content/152362/wild-encounters.html
- Photo Credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/chandanb/403616551/
Musi River
- http://www.india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/HydroObservationStationApp.html?UType=QWR2YW5jZWQ=?UName=
- http://nelson.wisc.edu/sage/data-and-models/riverdata/index.php
- http://nihroorkee.gov.in/rbis/basin%20maps/Krishna/musi.htm
- Photo Credit: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Musi_River_from_Nayapul.jpg
Thamirabarani River
- http://www.indianetzone.com/14/thamirabarani_river.htm
- http://brandequity.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/business-of-brands/pepsi-coca-cola-permitted-to-draw-water-from-thamirabarani-river/57442282
- http://www.tangedco.gov.in/hydrokoday.html
- http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Tamirabarani-States-only-perennial-river-will-also-be-its-1st-navigable-one/articleshow/55717313.cms
- http://www.thehindu.com/society/the-river-that-tamil-nadu-often-forgets/article18919699.ece
- http://palaeontologicalsociety.in/vol35/v6.pdf
- http://www.fisheriesjournal.com/vol2issue5/Pdf/2-5-70.1.pdf
- http://www.saconenvis.nic.in/e_bulletin_jan_2015_files/Thamirabarani.htm
- Photo Credit: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thamirabarani_River_தாமிரபரணி_பொருணை_ஆறு.jpg
Brahmaputra River
- https://books.google.co.in/books?id=ZKs1gBhJSWIC
- http://www.india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/Publications/BasinReports/Brahamaputra%20Basin.pdf
- http://dspace.nehu.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/12434/1/103776.pdf
- http://www.india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Brahmaputra
- Photo Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/Homeward_bound.jpg
Mahanadi River
- http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022169412006397
- http://www.dowrorissa.gov.in/NEWS/HirakudHLC/Report.pdf
- Photo Credit: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mahanadi_rajim.JPG
Sabarmati River
- http://www.india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/Publications/BasinReports/Sabarmati%20Basin.pdf
- http://www.indiawaterportal.org/sites/indiawaterportal.org/files/Sabarmati.pdf
- http://ahmedabadcity.gov.in/portal/jsp/Static_pages/water_project.jsp
- Photo Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/River-Sabarmati-1.jpg/1020px-River-Sabarmati-1.jpg
Vaigai River
- http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/124334/7/07_chapter%202.pdf
- http://www.india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Vaigai
- http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/society/the-unsung-sisters-of-vaigai/article8218660.ece
- http://www.cpreecenvis.nic.in/Database/River_Vaigai_908.aspx
- http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Madurai/dry-vaigai-for-chithirai-fest/article18294672.ece
- http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/a-river-of-change/article6217456.ece
- https://www.skymetweather.com/content/water/float-festival-in-india-water-crisis-in-india-hits-hindu-festival/
- http://www.tnau.ac.in/vaigai.html
- http://indiabiodiversity.org/biodiv/content/projects/project-7703e48b-8b2d-4df4-99bb-7952a63bb861/779.pdf
- http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/beneath-the-city-archaeologists-discover-remains-of-sangam-age/story-20zsnWS1YR7KAdzewdgYRO.html
- Photo Credit: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vaigai_river.jpg