Land-use change may exacerbate climate change impacts  on water resources in the Ganges basin

Tsarouchi, Gina; Buytaert, Wouter

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-1411-2018

Articles | Volume 22, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-1411-2018

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The changing water cycle of the Indo-Gangetic Plain

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-1411-2018

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Research article

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27 Feb 2018

Research article |

| 27 Feb 2018

Land-use change may exacerbate climate change impacts on water resources in the Ganges basin

Gina Tsarouchi and Wouter Buytaert

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RC1: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 04 Sep 2017
- AC2: 'Response to Reviewer #1 comments', Gina Tsarouchi, 26 Nov 2017
RC2: 'Good study requiring minor revisions', Anonymous Referee #2, 03 Oct 2017
- AC1: 'Response to Reviewer #2 comments', Gina Tsarouchi, 26 Nov 2017
AC3: 'Updated manuscript', Gina Tsarouchi, 26 Nov 2017

Short summary

This work quantifies how future land-use and climate change may affect the hydrology of the Upper Ganges basin. Three sets of modelling experiments are run for the period 2000–2035, considering (1) only climate change, (2) only land-use change and (3) both climate and land-use change. Results point towards a severe increase in high flows. The changes are greater in the combined land-use and climate change experiment. We also show that future winter water demands in the region may not be met.