The Kosi river in north Bihar plains, eastern India presents a challenge in terms of long and recurring flood hazard. Despite a long history of flood control management in the basin for more than 5 decades, the river continues to bring a lot of misery through extensive flooding. This paper revisits the flooding problem in the Kosi river basin and presents an in-depth analysis of flood hydrology. The study integrates the hydrological analysis with a GIS-based flood risk mapping in parts of the basin. Typical hydrological characteristics of
the Kosi river include very high discharge variability, and high sediment flux from an uplifting hinterland.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/flood-risk-analysis-kosi-river-basin-north-bihar-using-multiparametric-approach
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/r-sinha
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/gv-bapalu
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/lk-singh-et-al
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[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/hydrology
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/geographical-information-systems-gis
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bihar
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/river-basin