ENVIS Centre Department of Ecology and Environment (Govt of Karnataka)

ENVIS Centre Department of Ecology and Environment (Govt of Karnataka)
Lake series of Bangalore - Maps and Area - ENVIS (Govt of Karnataka)
The article focusses on the development of lakes that impound rainwater, store it for future use and ensure ground water recharge. They are the live ecological systems.
Posted on 16 Jun, 2010 12:44 AM

The naturally undulating terrain of Bangalore city, with its hills and valleys, lends itself perfectly to the development of lakes that impound rainwater, store it for future use and ensure ground water recharge. Lakes are thus live ecological systems, and play a crucial role in the supporting life, including human.

Lakes in Bangalore were designed in cascades from higher to lower elevations; as a lake overflowed the excess water would flow into the next lake in the cascade. The flow of water is from North to South-east as well North to South-west along the natural gradient of the land.

Climate Change and its Impact on Biodiversity-ENVIS newsletter, September 2009
Newletter by ENVIS that includes reviews, abstracts and current news
Posted on 17 Jan, 2010 02:28 PM

 

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