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Climate Change and its Impact on Water Resources of Selected Areas in District Chitral with High Climatic Vulnerabilities

Climate Change and its Impact on Water Resources of Selected Areas in District Chitral with High Climatic Vulnerabilities

Saiqa Jehan1*, Tahir Sarwar1, Naveedullah1, Shahzad Khan Khattak2 and M. Jamal Khan3 

1Department of Water Resources Management, Faculty of Crop Production Sciences, The University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan; 2Department of Agricultural Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan; 3Department of Soil and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Crop Production Sciences, The University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

 
 
*Correspondence | Saiqa Jehan, Department of Water Resources Management, Faculty of Crop Production Sciences, The University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan; Email: [email protected]

Figure 1:

Map of district Chitral showing the sampled sites.

Figure 2:

Climate of district Chitral.

Figure 3:

Changes in the seasons of district Chitral over the last 25 years.

Figure 4:

Change in the frequency of rainfall.

Figure 6:

Change in the duration of rainfall.

Figure 7:

Change in dry periods in the last 25 years.

Figure 8:

Quality of surface water.

Figure 9:

Risk of overtopping of drains in District Chitral.

Figure 10:

Risk of widening of streams and gullies.

Figure 5:

Change in the intensity of rainfall.

Pakistan Journal of Zoology

October

Pakistan J. Zool., Vol. 56, Iss. 5, pp. 2001-2500

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