Causes of Floods: A Case Study of Jalpaiguri District, West Bengal, India
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Abstract:
Throughout the human civilization, floods have been part of his destiny. Presently there are widely
discussed of disasters and its results to enhance the public awareness and greater destruction
caused by disaster (flood). Perhaps, flood is one of the most dramatic interactions between man
and his environment. The sub-Himalayan West Bengal is experiencing the number destructive
floods as the enumerable rivers of Sub Himalayan region are coming from different sources
Himalayas lakes and snows which makes the rivers has always been liable to floods. The main
reasons are the high floods are excessive rainfall within small duration in small catchments and
continuous rainfall of several days in bigger catchments. The simultaneous melting of snow
accumulated on high mountains and rainfall in lower reaches often caused floods of devastating
nature (Sarkar S. et al. 2004).North Bengal is highly patches with an intensive network of river
systems. Jalpaiguri district is highly affected due to the floods of this river which is mainly
occurred by extensive and regular bank erosion, course shifting, snow melting, and drainage
patterns. Thus the present paper is focusing on the causes of floods in Jalpaiguri district.
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