Research Article

Geographic Concerns on Flood Climate and Flood Hydrology in Monsoon-Dominated Damodar River Basin, Eastern India

Table 1

Subdivisional monsoonal rainfall covering the Damodar River Basin.

YearRainfall (mm) in Jharkhand subdivisionRainfall (mm) in Gangetic West Bengal subdivision

20051105.01136.0
20061092.01126.0
20071093.01127.0
20081092.51291.7
20091002.6971.5
20101084.51140.6
20111101.51394.7
1951–2000 (mean normal rainfall)1091.91167.9

Source: IMD, http://www.imd.gov.in/, retrieved on December 26, 2011.