Manuscript Number : IJSRSET218447

Rainfall Characteristics in Ahmednagar District of Maharashtra State

Authors(2) :-Dr. Vasudev S. Salunke, Pramila. P. Zaware

Rainfall is one of the vital form of precipitation which affects not only agricultural activity but also entire ecology in any region. Hence rainfall distribution and its trends in district is important to understand water availability and to take decisions for the agricultural activities in area. This research paper is an effort to assess the spatial and temporal rainfall variability of Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra State. Ahmednagar is popularly known as the largest district of Maharashtra with fourteen Talukas. The average annual rainfall of this district is 621 mm with an average of 46 rainy days. In this study the spatial and temporal rainfall distribution of this district is taken in to account. Short-term annual rainfall data are considered from 1998 to 2014. The daily rainfalls of monsoon months of all the fourteen Taluka are analyzed for the year 2015.It was found that spatial and temporal variability is high in the District.

Authors and Affiliations

Dr. Vasudev S. Salunke
Department of Geography, K.J.Somaiya College Kopargaon, S. P. Pune University, Pune, Maharashtra, India
Pramila. P. Zaware
Research Scholar, Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India

Rainfall variability, Rainy days, Cloudburst, Average rainfall, Severe Drought.

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Publication Details

Published in : Volume 8 | Issue 4 | July-August 2021
Date of Publication : 2021-08-30
License:  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Page(s) : 355-362
Manuscript Number : IJSRSET218447
Publisher : Technoscience Academy

Print ISSN : 2395-1990, Online ISSN : 2394-4099

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Dr. Vasudev S. Salunke, Pramila. P. Zaware, " Rainfall Characteristics in Ahmednagar District of Maharashtra State, International Journal of Scientific Research in Science, Engineering and Technology(IJSRSET), Print ISSN : 2395-1990, Online ISSN : 2394-4099, Volume 8, Issue 4, pp.355-362, July-August-2021. Available at doi : https://doi.org/10.32628/IJSRSET218447      Journal URL : https://res.ijsrset.com/IJSRSET218447

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