by Gelogia Team | Jul 13, 2025 | Hydrology
Spillways discharge water from upstream to downstream and represent the most essential structures for dams to function properly (Fig. 1). They release flood water without causing damage to the dam. The spillway often forms an integral part of the dam, constructed...
by Gelogia | Jul 4, 2025 | Hydrology
A material is permeable if it contains continuous voids. All materials, such as rocks, concrete, soils, etc., are permeable. The flow of water through all of them obeys approximately the same laws. Hence, the difference between the flow of water through rock or...
by Gelogia Team | Jun 18, 2025 | Hydrology
Bangladesh heavily depends on groundwater for irrigation, drinking water, and industrial uses. However, overextraction, pollution, and poor governance have put this vital resource at risk. To protect water security for future generations, sustainable groundwater...
by Gelogia Team | Jun 18, 2025 | Hydrology
Over the last six decades, groundwater has served as the primary source for domestic, irrigation, and industrial uses in Bangladesh because of its year-round availability and generally good quality. Groundwater abstraction increased significantly, primarily driven by...
by Gelogia Team | Jun 17, 2025 | Hydrology, Physical Geology & Geomorphology
Application of Seismic Refraction Measurements in Groundwater: Mapping of Buried Channels using Seismic Refraction: The most common use of the seismic method in hydrogeology is the determination of the thickness of sediments overlying non-water-bearing consolidated...
by Gelogia Team | Jun 15, 2025 | Hydrology, Physical Geology & Geomorphology
The energy that moves sand along a beach comes from the wind-driven water waves that break upon the shore. As wind blows over the surface of an ocean or a lake, some of the wind‘s energy is transferred to the water surface, forming the waves that move through the...