Estimation of groundwater recharge from water storage structures in a semi-arid climate of India

VN Sharda, RS Kurothe, DR Sena, VC Pande… - Journal of …, 2006 - Elsevier
Groundwater recharge from water storage structures under semi-arid conditions of western
India has been estimated by employing water table fluctuation (WTF) and chloride mass …

Appraisal of soil erosion risk in the Eastern Himalayan region of India for soil conservation planning

D Mandal, VN Sharda - Land Degradation & Development, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Management practices to minimise soil erosion can be effectively carried out if the magnitude
and the spatial distribution of soil erosion risk areas are known. Prioritisation of soil erosion …

Comparison of multivariate adaptive regression splines with coupled wavelet transform artificial neural networks for runoff forecasting in Himalayan micro-watersheds …

…, HF Chan, SO Prasher, VN Sharda - Journal of …, 2012 - iwaponline.com
… surface runoff and reduced ground water recharge (Sharda et al… where agriculture is the
major economic activity (Sharda … models used in this research the reader can refer to Sharda

Low flow and high flow responses to converting natural grassland into bluegum (Eucalyptus globulus) in Nilgiris watersheds of South India

AK Sikka, JS Samra, VN Sharda, P Samraj… - Journal of …, 2003 - Elsevier
A concern has been raised in many parts of the world over the effect of large scale planting
of Eucalyptus on hydrological behaviour of small watersheds. Hydrological response of …

Performance of Multivariate Adaptive Regression Splines (MARS) in predicting runoff in mid-Himalayan micro-watersheds with limited data/Performances de …

VN Sharda, SO Prasher, RM Patel… - Hydrological sciences …, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Steep topography and land-use transformations in Himalayan watersheds have a major
impact on hydrological characteristics and flow regimes, and greatly affect the perenniality and …

Assessment of production losses due to water erosion in rainfed areas of India

VN Sharda, P Dogra, C Prakash - Journal of Soil and Water …, 2010 - jswconline.org
Soil erosion by water has a debilitating effect on crop productivity. Though limited and scattered
data is available on loss of production due to water erosion in India, no systematic effort …

Assessment of permissible soil loss in India employing a quantitative bio-physical model

D Mandal, VN Sharda - Current Science, 2011 - JSTOR
Soil degradation in all its nefarious forms has serious repercussions on crop and biomass
productivity. Assessment of soil loss tolerance limits (SLTLs) (permissible soil loss) serves as …

A revised soil erosion budget for India: role of reservoir sedimentation and land‐use protection measures

VN Sharda, PR Ojasvi - Earth Surface Processes and …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Among the different controls of erosion budget at basin level, the relative impact of dams and
land management is yet to be investigated. In this paper, the impact of dams on sediment …

Assessment of soil erosion in the fragile Himalayan ecosystem of Uttarakhand, India using USLE and GIS for sustainable productivity

…, R Nagdev, RP Yadav, SK Singh, VN Sharda - Current Science, 2018 - JSTOR
In this study, we assess quantitative soil loss in the Himalayan ecosystem of Uttarakhand,
India using universal soil loss equation and geographic information system. The analysis …

Identification of soil erosion risk areas for conservation planning in different states of India

VN Sharda, D Mandai… - Journal of Environmental …, 2013 - search.proquest.com
Assessment of soil erosion risks, especially in the developing countries, is a challenging task
mainly due to non-availability or insufficiency of relevant data. In this paper, the soil erosion …