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Analysis of hydrological alteration and environmental flow in Sone river basin

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ACTA GEOPHYSICA
卷 71, 期 2, 页码 949-960

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SPRINGER INT PUBL AG
DOI: 10.1007/s11600-022-00946-w

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Environmental flows; Indicators of hydrologic alteration; Period of record flow duration curve; Stochastic flow duration curve; Sone river basin

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This study analyzed the hydrological status of the Sone river basin in Bihar region, India, and developed flow duration curves to show the time duration-frequency of low-flow events. The results indicate that the hydrological status of the river basin is in a highly altered state. The proposed methodology for designing environmental flow considering hydrological alteration effects can be used to develop long-term strategies to protect the riverine ecosystem in the Sone river basin.
Environmental flow is an important indicator of river health as it maintains the natural flow pattern of riverine ecosystem. Although numerous researches for analyzing the hydrological alterations are there, still insightful investigation of site specific knowledge should be required for riverine ecosystem protection. In this study, the objective is to analyze the hydrological status of the Sone river basin in Bihar region, India. This study also focuses to develop a flow duration curve (FDC) to show the time duration-frequency of low-flow events. The hydrological status of the basin was analyzed using indicators of hydrologic alteration (IHA). Low flows were estimated using period of record flow duration curve (POR FDC), and design environmental flow was assessed for 10-year and 100-year return period using stochastic flow duration curve (stochastic FDC). Daily discharge data collected from Koelwar station of Sone river for 1990-2020 period were used for the hydrological analysis. Depending on the quantitative and qualitative assessment of the hydrological alterations, it was found that the hydrological status of the river basin is in a very altered state. The POR FDC analyzed 7-day mean discharge values (7dQ) appropriate for determining low flows, and discharge values corresponding to 95% probability of exceedance (Q95) were considered as low flow for 7dQ. Stochastic FDCs generated 7-day mean flow duration curves for 10-year (7Q10) and 100-year (7Q100) recurrence intervals. Discharge values corresponding to 95% probability of exceedance for 7Q10 range from 120 to 125 cumec and those for 7Q100 range from 135 to 140 cumec. The methodology proposed in this work to design environmental flow considering the effects of hydrological alteration can help in making the long-term strategies to protect the riverine ecosystem in Sone river basin.

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