Dynamics of Soil Moisture Regimes and Ground Water Under Saryu DIARA

Abstract: Diara land being itself a very typical hypsographic of its nature, engulfed with twin problems of drought during pre and post floods. To quantify the relationship between soil moisture regimes and water table fluctuation is therefore worth prime. The present study was therefore undertaken and a regression equation between moisture content and depth to water table in diara land a linear regression equation Y = -12.606X + 58.829 was established, where X and Y are depth to water table (m) and percentage of moisture content, respectively. The regression equation indicates the trend of increase in moisture content was related with decrease in depth to water table and vice-versa. This finding needs to utilise to reformat the strategies related to soil moisture conservation of Diara land ecosystem.

Keywords: Ground water, diara land, meandering, water table and moisture content of soil etc.