Hydrological techniques for upstream conservation

by

s.h. kunkle

j. l. thames

FAO CONSERVATION GUIDE 2

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS

Rome, 1976

TABLE OF CONTENTS

LIST OF FIGURES

I. MANAGING FORESTS FOR WATER SUPPLIES AND RESOURCE CONSERVATION by Forestry Agency, Japan

II. EROSION HAZARD CLASSIFICATION AND INVENTORY TECHNIQUES IN MOUNTAINOUS AREAS by M.E. Stevens, FAO, Nepal

III. SAMPLING STREAMS FOR SUSPENDED SEDIMENT, WITH REFERENCE TO TROPICAL RAINFOREST OBSERVATIONS by D.A. Gilmour, Australia

IV. RESERVOIR SEDIMENTATION SURVEY METHODS by D.L. Rausch and H.G. Heinemann, U.S. Agricultural Research Service

V. SOME SIMPLE HYDROLOGICAL TECHNIQUES FOR RECONNAISSANCE WORK IN WATERSHED MANAGEMENT by Forest Resources Division, FAO, Rome

VI. HYDROLOGY FOR SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION IN THE COASTAL REGIONS OF NORTH AFRICA by U.S. Soil Conservation Service, North Africa Project

VII. METHODS OF ESTIMATING EVAPORATION AND EVAPOTRANSPIRATION by W.G. Knisel, Jr., Southeast Watershed Laboratory

VIII. WATER QUALITY STUDIES ON EXPERIMENTAL CATCHMENTS AND AN ECOSYSTEM BALANCE SHEET by P.M. Hallam, CSIRO, Australia

IX. WASTEWATER DISPOSAL IN FORESTS by W.E. Sopper, The Pennsylvania State University

X. APPLICATION OF AN INEXPENSIVE DOUBLE-RING INFILTROMETER by H.M.Brechtel, Germany

XI. SNOW MEASUREMENT by J.R. Meiman, Colorado State University

XII. TORRENT CONTROL IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH REFERENCE TO THE TROPICS by H. Hattinger, Austria