Watershed Management - Online Resources

Various Schemes in India:

1. Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP)
2. INTEGRATED WASTELAND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (IWDP)
3. DROUGHT PRONE AREAS PROGRAMME (DPAP)
4. DESERT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (DDP)
5. Watershed Development - Study Report 2001
6. Digital Watershed Atlas of India

Links:

• State Perspective and Strategic Plan (SPSP) for the Watershed Development Programme(IWMP)
• INTEGRATED HYDROLOGICAL DATA BOOK  2005
• INTEGRATED HYDROLOGICAL DATA BOOK 2009
• Watershed Atlas of India

RIVER BASINS IN ANDHRA PRADESH

BASIN	SUB BASIN ID	SUBBASIN	NO. OF WATERSHEDS
12. GODAVARI	1	BETWEEN GAIKWAD AND POCHAMPAD (GODAVARI MIDDLE)	26
	2	INDRAVATI	37
	3	KOLAB AND OTHERS (GODAVARI LOWER)	33
	4	MANJRA	28
	5	PRANHITA AND OTHERS	28
	6	UPSTREAM OF GAIKWAD (GODAVARI UPPER)	15
	7	WARDHA	46
	8	WEINGANGA	69
33. VAMSADHARA	1	NAGVATI AND OTHERS	19
	2	VAMSADHARA AND OTHERS	19
16. KRISHNA	1	BHIMA LOWER	26
	2	BHIMA UPPER	40
	3	KRISHNA LOWER	43
	4	KRISHNA MIDDLE	19
	5	KRISHNA UPPER	56
	6	TUNGABHADRA LOWER	45
	7	TUNGABHADRA UPPER	31

WATERSHED ATLAS OF INDIA

In this Atlas, the entire river systems of the country have been divided into 6 Water Resources Region, which has been further, divided into 35 basins and 112 catchments.  These catchments have been further divided into 500 sub-catchments and 3237 watersheds. 

Category of Hydrologic Units in India

S. No.	Category of Hydrologic Units	Size Range (ha)	No. of Units
1.	Water Resource Region	270,00,000-1130,00,000	6
2.	Basins	30,00,000-300,00,000	35
3.	Catchments	10,00,000-50,00,000	112
4.	Sub-catchments	200,000-10,00,000	500
5.	Watersheds	20,000-300,000	3237
6.	Sub-watersheds	5,000-9,000	12000
7.	Micro-watersheds	500-1,500	400000

(Source: Watershed Atlas of India http://cgwb.gov.in/watershed)

Water Resource Regions in India:

1. Indus

2. Rivers draining into Arabian Sea

3. Rivers draining into Bay of Bengal

4. Brahmaputra Drainage

5. Minor River Draining into other Basin/Country
6. Island Drainage