Hydrological Study of Bhadar River Basin in Saurashtra region, Gujarat

Abstract

Saurashtra is a less rainfall receiving region of Gujarat state with considerably low scanty
rainfall. Further topography of Saurashtra is like back of Tortoise so it has increased runoff and most of
the rainwater gets lost in form of runoff. Though consists of many rivers, the region of Saurashtra feels
acute water crisis as most of these rivers are seasonal. Bhadar River is a river in
the Saurashtra peninsula, in the Western Indian state of Gujarat. It flows south from its origin through
Jasdan, then turns south-west and generally west until it empties into the Arabian Sea. It is impounded by
two reservoirs, Bhadar-I reservoir with a capacity of 238 MCM (193,000 acre·ft), and downstream from
that, Bhadar-II reservoir with a capacity of 49 MCM (40,000 acre·ft). Also some preliminary secondary
data analysis is presented. Here an attempt is made to carry out over all study of Bhadar river system and
basin.