Research Article

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

Table 6

Normal monsoonal rainfall and calculated runoff amounts of selected districts (1951–2003).

Districts 1Normal rainfall in mmTotal monsoonal rainfall (mm)Estimated monsoonal runoff (mm)
JuneJulyAugustSeptember

(1) Jharkhand Division
 Bokaro178.5318.8286.0256.91040.2321.7
 Hazaribagh180.4327.8297.6234.71040.5321.9
 Jamtara216.8347.6339.9278.21182.5438.2
 Dhanbad192.3336.1300.8245.51074.7349.9
(2) Gangetic West Bengal
 Bankura206.9312.1311.5230.01060.5338.3
 Burdwan229.4324.8303.6240.31098.1369.1

Data source: 1IMD, http://www.imd.gov.in/, retrieved on December 26, 2011.