ENgineerinG HYdrologY
1.Introduction - Water is vital to life & development in all parts of t he world. - In 3rd world countries where the agricultural sector plays a key role in their economic growth, the management of water resources is an item of high priority in their developmental activities Hydrology - Science of water - Deals with occurrence,circulation and distribution of water (of the earth and earths atmosphere) - Classified into Scientific Hydrology - concerned with academic aspects Engineering Hydrology - deals with i) Estimation of water resources ii) Study of Processes- Precipitation, Runoff, Evapo-Transpiration and their Interaction iii) Study of Problems- Floods and Droughts, Strategies to combat them. References...