M. Monirul Qader Mirza
M. Monirul Qader Mirza, R. A. Warrick, Neil Ericksen
M. Monirul Qader Mirza
/ The Ganges River supplies water to the southwest region of Bangladesh mainly through one of its distributaries-the Gorai River. India commissioned a barrage on the Ganges River at Farakka in April 1975 to divert water and make the Bhagirathi-Hooghly River navigable. The diversion has reduced the d...
M. Monirul Qader Mirza
M. Monirul Qader Mirza
M. Monirul Qader Mirza, R. A. Warrick, Neil Ericksen, G. J. Kenny
Abstract The Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna/Barak rivers are lifelines for millions of people in South Asia in Nepal, India, Bhutan and Bangladesh. They supply water for food and fibre production and for industrial and domestic purposes. They are also sources of disastrous floods that cause substant...
M. Monirul Qader Mirza
The basin area of the Ganges River in Bangladesh is extremely dependent on a regular water supply from upstream to meet requirements for agriculture, fisheries, navigation, salinity control, and domestic and industrial sectors.In 1975, India commissioned a barrage on the Ganges River at Farakka to d...
M. Monirul Qader Mirza, Ajaya Dixit, Ainun Nishat
M. Monirul Qader Mirza
The Ganges and Brahmaputra are the two largest rivers in Bangladesh. Discharge estimations of these rivers from a stage-discharge relationship or rating curve are crucial for flood warning/control/mitigation and water resources development. So far, logarithmic rating curves have been widely used in ...
M. Monirul Qader Mirza, Maminul Haque Sarker
M. Monirul Qader Mirza, Md. Altaf Hossain
1. Ecosystems and Integrated Water Resources Management: The Link and the Need for Integration Brij Gopal, Hemesiri Kotagama and E. R. N. Gunawardena 2. Freshwater Ecosystems: Ecological Characteristics and Ecosystem Brij Gopal 3. Environmental Flow: Assessments and Applications Rezaur Rehman 4. Hum...
M. Monirul Qader Mirza
Bangladesh and India have resolved the Ganges water-sharing problem by signing a thirty-year treaty in December 1996. Both countries share the dry season (January-May) discharge of the Ganges River at Farakka, West Bengal, India. The sharing season is divided into fifteen 10-day cycles. The treaty i...
M. Monirul Qader Mirza
Hydrometeorological Aspects of Floods in India.- Three Recent Extreme Floods in Bangladesh: A Hydro-Meteorological Analysis.- Geomorphic Effects of Monsoon Floods on Indian Rivers.- The Disastrous Flood of 1998 and Long Term Mitigation Strategies for Dhaka City.- Floodplain Residents' Preferences fo...
M. Monirul Qader Mirza