Spatial characterization of long-term hydrological change  in the Arkavathy watershed adjacent to Bangalore, India

Penny, Gopal; Srinivasan, Veena; Dronova, Iryna; Lele, Sharachchandra; Thompson, Sally

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-595-2018

Articles | Volume 22, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-595-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-595-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 22, issue 1

Research article

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24 Jan 2018

Research article |

| 24 Jan 2018

Spatial characterization of long-term hydrological change in the Arkavathy watershed adjacent to Bangalore, India

Gopal Penny, Veena Srinivasan, Iryna Dronova, Sharachchandra Lele, and Sally Thompson

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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-595-2018-supplement

Data sets

Tank water extent in the Arkavathy watershed 1973-2010 G. Penny, V. Srinivasan, S. Lele, I. Dronova, and S. Thompson https://doi.org/10.4211/hs.a2661d94a39e449bad34663c32cf485c

Short summary

Water resources in the Arkavathy watershed in southern India are changing due to human modification of the landscape, including changing agricultural practices and urbanization. We analyze surface water resources in man-made lakes in satellite imagery over a period of 4 decades and find drying in the northern part of the watershed (characterized by heavy agriculture) and wetting downstream of urban areas. Drying in the watershed is associated with groundwater-irrigated agriculture.