Abstract :
The nature of land surface is different in different areas in Bangladesh. Rajshahi is a city in western Bangladesh. It is located in the north-west part of the country and situated on the northern banks of the river Padma. This study was conducted for four upazilas such as Godagari, Paba, Durgapur and Puthiaupazila in Rajshahi district of Bangladesh to estimate the consumptive use and consumptive irrigation requirement for various earth surface. As Penman’s method provides more accurate result so that it was used in this study. In this study data was collected from the zonal office of Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA), Rajshahi and Bangladesh Meteorological Department, Meteorological complex, Agargaon, Dhaka. From the data analysis the maximum value of consumptive use is 7.31 mm/day in the month of May, 2012 for water surface and the minimum value of consumptive use is 1.09 mm/day in the month of December, 2012 for bare land.
Keyword :
Consumptive use, consumptive irrigation requirement, Penman’s method