Climate Change and its Impacts on Community Food and Livelihood in Kumaun Himalaya: A Case Study of Dabka Catchment - Impact of Global Changes on Mountains: Responses and Adaptation - page 277

Dabka Watershed
Non-monsoon Hydrological Hazards

(a) Decreasing Under Ground Water Level and Drying up Perennial Springs and Streams

During 1985-1990 During 2005-2010

Upper Lithology 2600

2600 Upper Lithology

Dry Aquifers Perched Aquifers

Dry-up Springs

Perennial Springs

Perennial Springs Dry-up Springs

2000 Lower Lithology 2000

Lower Lithology

Underground Water in
Lower Lithology

1400

1400

Underground Water in
Lower Lithology

0 1 2 3 Km. 0 1 2 3 Km.

(b) Perennial Springs and Streams: 1990 (c) Perennial Springs and Streams: 2010

Kunja Kunja

Dhiriya Dhiriya

Maniya Maniya

Baunsi Baunsi

Badhan

Badhan

Baghani Baghani

Salwa

Salwa

Saur Saur

Binayak
Gwalakhuti

Binayak
Gwalakhuti Chhara Chhara

Aniya Aniya

Sigri Sigri

Ghughu Ghughu

Jalna Jalna

Dau Dau

Dhanaik Dhanaik

Fathepur Fathepur

Index
Springs
Streams

Index
Springs
Streams

Bagjala

Thrust
Faults

Bagjala

Thrust
Faults

Ranikoata

Ranikoata

Baluti Baluti

(e) Decreasing Stream Frequency
(1990 & 2010)

(d) Decreasing Spring Density
(1990 & 2010)

Kunja Kunja

Maniya Maniya

Binayak

Binayak

Bausi Bausi

Baghani Baghani

Saur

Saur

Salba Sigri Sigri

Salba

Chhara Chhara

Semalkhet

Ghughu Semalkhet Ghughu

Teet Teet

Dola

Dola

Index

Jalana

Index

Jalana

Frequency (Streams/km )
2

Density (Springs/km )
2

Zones
Low
Moderate
High
V. High

Zones
Low
Moderate
High
V. High

Year 1990 Year 2010

Year 1990 Year 2010

Fathepur
Dhanik
Taliya

Fathepur
Dhanik
Taliya

Devipura

< 7
7-14

< 4
4-8

Devipura < 6

6-12

< 4
4-8

Baluti Baluti

Ranikota Ranikota

14-21
> 21

8-12
> 12

12-18
>18

8-12
> 12

0 0.5

1 2

Km

Figure 11.4. Geo-hydrological impacts of climate change and land-use degradation during
1990-2010 in Himalaya, i.e., decreasing underground water level and dry up of perennial
springs and streams depicting by schematic diagram (a), decreasing perennial springs and
streams during 1990 and 2010 (respectively b and c), decreasing perennial springs density (d)
and decreasing perennial streams frequency (e).

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Accelerated land use degradation through climate change

As mentioned in the methodological section that the land use-informatics
module consists of comparative land-use land-cover mapping for year
1990 and 2010 to assess the changes and identifi ed the accelerating factors
for these changes as discussed in below. In order to monitor the dynamics