Flood Frequency Analysis of Betwa River, Madhya Pradesh India

Flood is common phenomena worldwide since time immemorial. Recently the change in climatic parameters has drastically affected the pattern and magnitude of flood. India being one of the tropical country face flood and drought situations every year, therefore it needs accurate assessment and forecast...

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Published in:Journal of the Geological Society of India 2018-09, Vol.92 (3), p.286-290
Main Authors: Pandey, H. K., Dwivedi, Shivam, Kumar, Kamlesh
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bridges
Civil engineering
Civil engineers
Climate change
Dimensions
Discharge measurement
Distribution
Drought
Earth and Environmental Science
Earth Sciences
Engineers
Extreme values
Flood forecasting
Flood frequency
Flood management
Floods
Fluid dynamics
Frequency analysis
Gaging stations
Geology
Hydraulic structures
Hydraulics
Hydrogeology
Hydrology
Natural resource management
Natural resources
Normal distribution
Resource management
River discharge
Rivers
Spillways
Standard deviation
Stream discharge
Symmetry
Tropical climate
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Summary:Flood is common phenomena worldwide since time immemorial. Recently the change in climatic parameters has drastically affected the pattern and magnitude of flood. India being one of the tropical country face flood and drought situations every year, therefore it needs accurate assessment and forecast of flood for proper management of natural resources. An attempt has been made through the present study which consists frequency analysis on maximum daily discharge data in Betwa river at Basoda, Mohana and Shahijina gauging stations in Madhya Pradesh state using Gumbel’s Extreme value distribution and Log Pearson Type-3 distribution for 20 years period (1993-2012). The result shows that Log Pearson Type-3 distribution is better suited for Betwa basin. The results can be used by civil engineers for deciding the dimensions of hydraulic structures such as spillways, dams, bridges etc. Floods are forecasted for the different return periods for Betwa river.
ISSN:0016-7622
0974-6889
DOI:10.1007/s12594-018-1007-6