Author: Bagchi, Kanan Gopal; editor:
Title: The Bhagirathi-Hooghly Basin (Proceedings of the Interdisciplinary Symposium)
Description: Calcutta, University of Calcutta, (l972). orig.wrappers. 24x17cm, xxvi,373pp, Series: University of Calcutta Geography Dept.Symposium.. Textual maps,graphs & tables. Corners bumped, rubbed, some wrapper stains,Good. ¶ Contains 35 papers [l9 concerning geohydrology]. Includes: Supriya Sengupta "Geological framework of the Bhagirathi-Hooghly Basin"; S. Das " Sedimentation in the Ajay Damodar Basin"; S.C.Mukhopadhyay "Tectonic landforms of the south-western fringe area of the Bhagirathi- Hooghly Basin"; K.D.Chaterjee & N.G. Majumder "Drainage problems of the Bhagirathi Basin"; S. Bhattacharyya "Soils of the Sundarbans"; S.T. Ghotankar "Tidal propagation in the Hooghly" ; H.P. Ghosh "History, development & problems of dredging in the river Hooghly"; Kanan Chakrabarti "Land-use in relation to the fluvial ecology in the Bhagirathi- Jalangi riparian tract - Nadia District"; C.R. Pathak & R.N. Chattopadhyay "Urban industrial pattern of the Bhagirathi-Hooghly Basin"; S.B.Mukherjee " The area planning approach for agricultural development in the Hooghly Basin", etc.

Keywords: West Bengal River Research, Hydrology Drainage, Delta Formation, Bhagirathi-Hooghly, Fluvial Morphology, Urban Geography, India Estuaries, Sundarbans, Sedimentation