Siloed-approaches may fuel the misguided development of hydropower and subsequent target-setting under sustainable goals (SDGs). While in Indus basin is vital to ensure energy security (SDG7), it needs be balanced with water use for fulfilling food (SDG2) (SDG6) security. Existing methods estimate potential generally focus on: only one class potential, a methodological advance either siting, si...

Rivers play an essential role to humans and ecosystems, but they also burst their banks during floods, often causing extensive damage crop, property, loss of lives. This paper characterizes the 2014 flood Indus River in Pakistan using US Army Corps Engineers Hydrologic Engineering Centre Analysis System (HEC-RAS) model, integrated into a geographic information system (GIS) satellite images from...

The Ghaggar river which is also known as ancient Sarasvati noted for her mysterious disappearance. scholars from different field are studying the channel since 18th century. Archaeologists were intrigued by due to presence of archaeological sites all along basin. Explorations in past resulted in locating hundreds sites, particularly Harappan culture sites. A large number banks evidence that flo...

Snow cover over the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region is of vital importance for northern Indian water resources. Important North Indian river basins, viz. Indus, Ganges, and Brahmaputra have their headway origin there and rely on the ablation period snow melt. Agriculture, animal husbandry, habitat, and regional socio-economic aspects traditionally depend on the snow cover and winter water sto...

Soil erosion is a widespread problem causing the deterioration of both land and water resources. The water quality and quantity “Q and Q” connection is vital for sustainable water resources development and management. The prime objective of the research work is to quantify suspended sediment concentrations in surface waters by means of ALOS and ASTER satellite data. In this research work multis...

Future hydrological extremes, such as floods and droughts, may pose serious threats for the livelihoods in the upstream domains of the Indus, Ganges, Brahmaputra. For this reason, the impacts of climate change on future hydrological extremes is investigated in these river basins. We use a fully-distributed cryospheric-hydrological model to simulate current and future hydrological fluxes and for...