Maps

The School of Environmental Studies - Jadavpur University (SOES-JU), has done path-breaking research in reporting and documenting the issue of Arsenic contamination in the country.

Topographical maps are crucial while planning and implementing watershed development programs. In India, these are available from the Survey of India, Dehradun.

This map provides the of levels of water pollution and groundwater depletion due to industrial activities in different parts of India. 

Soils constitute the upper portion of the earth's crust, and are the base of human habiation on the earth. India has a great variety of soils, with over 29 major types.

The map can be accessed from the Survey of India website

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The map indicates that across the main 19 river basins of the country, water resource projects with a total live storage of 174 BCM (Billion Cubic Metres) have been completed, 75 BCM are ongoing, and 132 BCM are being planned.

This map from Wikimedia provides information on the average annual temperature figures across the country over a range of below 20 Deg C and above 27.5 Deg C.

The map shows that there is a decreasing trend of rainfall over most of peninsular India (barring Maharashtra) including the western part of the Gangetic plain and the north eastern states apart from Assam.

An increasing trend of rainfall has been observed for the eastern part of the Gangetic plain, Assam, Telengana and all coastal regions of the country.

This map shows the regions in the country that are regularly affected by floods.

The major flood prone regions are Punjab, Haryana, most of the Gangetic plains including Uttar Pradesh, North Bihar and West Bengal, the Brahmaputra valley, coastal Andhra Pradesh and Orissa, and South Gujarat.