A Concise Review on Introduction to Hydrological Models

Aparajita Singh, Department of Farm Engineering, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras hindu university, VNS

Hydrology, Hydrological process, Hydrological models, Classification

In recent scenario of rapid urbanization and industrialization causes various changes in our natural resources like air, water, soil etc. Various problems are caused due to these changes such as drought, frequent floods, pollution, change in climate, loss of biodiversity, extinction of many varieties of flora and fauna, land use and land cover changes, degradation of land and many more. Various researches are carried out to on the topics to comate the impact of these physical changes regarding our natural resources. So there is need of reliable hydrological model which will give more compatible results with the observed parameters. It is not always true that a complex hydrological model give the more accurate output. So there was an argued that even the use of complex models does not provide better results. This paper is regarding various hydrological models, their classification and short description about them.
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Paper ID: GRDJEV03I100020
Published in: Volume : 3, Issue : 10
Publication Date: 2018-10-01
Page(s): 14 - 19