Abstract
The Haora River basin is located in tropical monsoon climate that indicates hot and moist condition in summer and cold in winter seasons only. During summer, the temperature ranges between 25 and 29 °C, while during winter, the temperature reaches to 18–23 °C. The average annual rainfall of the study area is about 2500 mm, and that is mostly concentrated in the monsoon and late monsoon periods from June to September. The soil in the Haora River basin can be grouped into three distinct categories. These are (a) forest and hilly lateritic soil, (b) alluvial soil (younger and older) and (c) red loamy soil. The entire basin has a gentle slope except the eastern and southeastern part of the basin that is occupied by the Baramura range and other denudational hillocks. Geologically the basin possesses consolidated tertiary (Miocene-Bokabil and Bhuban Formations) sandstone and shale to unconsolidated quaternary sediments. Most of the younger sediments are highly fragile and susceptible to erosion. From the cross-sectional study of the river, it is observed that within the survey period, the river is experiencing changes in its physical and social condition.
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Bandyopadhyay, S., De, S.K. (2017). Haora River Basin: Location and Geographical Background. In: Human Interference on River Health. Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41018-0_2
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