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Ground Water in the City of Varanasi, India: present status and prospects

Quaestiones Geographicae
Volume 30 (2011): Issue 3 (September 2011)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10117-011-0026-9 | Journal eISSN: 2081-6383 | Journal ISSN: 2082-2103 (formerly 0137-477X)
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Language: English
Page range: 47 - 60
Published on: Oct 8, 2011
Published by: Adam Mickiewicz University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
Ground water,
aquifer sands,
hydrological properties,
Gangetic alluvium,
Grain size parameters
Related subjects:
Geosciences,
Geography

© 2011 Kshitij Mohan, Ajai Srivastava, Praveen Rai, published by Adam Mickiewicz University
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons License.

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