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Climate change have emerged as one of the world’s most pressing issue in current times. Several climatic catastrophes have been witnessed over the decades. Increase in the rainfall pattern and sea level rise have emerged as some of the global concerns. Climate change can cause misbalance in the hydrological condition of a region. The present study is to examine the streamflow discharge over the eastern fringe of Nainital for a time period of 30 years (1991-2021). The rainfall and land use land cover change has also been analysed for the same time period. The results show the streamflow discharge trend is increasing. A significant positive trend of rainfall is observed while the vegetation cover is observed to be reduced from 2011-2021 time period. Thus, with such misbalance in the climatic event, it is crucial to implement water conservation strategies to preserve the flow of water in the region.
Keyword: Streamflow, climate change, SWAT, rainfall, LULC.
