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Characteristics of the sub-basin with available runoff data

 Code

   K5
 Length  (km)    515
 Area (km2)    46,066
 Total Population 2001 (millions)    13.46
 Population Density   2001 (persons/km2)    296
 Annual Rainfall Runoff  (P) (mm)  570
(km3)  31.1
 Annual Runoff (Q)  (km3)    10.3
 Runoff Coefficient (Q : P) Observed  0.33
Predicted  0.24
Curve  LM
 Potential Evaporation Ep (mm/yr)    1,360
 Aridity Index (Ep/P)    2.4

The catchment area for the sub-basins is the area between the gauging station and the nearest upstream gauging stations (does not include the entire catchment area.
(
Ref : Closing of the Krishna Basin: Irrigation, Streamflow Depletion and Macroscale Hydrology, Research Report 111. IWMI)

 

Change in rainfall, runoff, and runoff coefficients for two time-periods, 1971-1974 and 1996-2001.

 Station

 Area (km2)

Rainfall (mm)

Runoff (mm)

Rainfall: Runoff

 Change in Runoff km3

71-74 96-01 71-74 96-01 71-74 96-01

Takali

33,916 652 751 201 94 0.31 0.13

-3.63

The areas include the whole catchment area above the gauging station.