Assessing the impacts of urbanization on hydrological processes in a semi-arid river basin of Maharashtra, India

摘要

This study investigates the influence of changes in spatial urbanization on the hydrological processes of Upper Bhima River basin of Maharashtra state, India using Soil and Water Assessment Tool hydrological model based simulations. The simulated and observed monthly stream flow rates at the basin outlet were compared for calibration (1985–2004) and validation (2005–2014) of the SWAT model. For both the periods, Nash–Sutcliffe efficiency values were >?0.70, root mean square error observations standard deviation ratio (RSR) values were