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A large population depends on water resources generated due to runoff from Himalayan River basins. They provide enough water for drinking, domestic, industrial, and irrigation. Also, these rivers have a high hydropower potential. A lack of in-depth studies has made it difficult to understand how these rivers respond hydrologically to climate change (CC) and, thus, impact the environment. In this paper, Alaknanda River Basin (ARB) has been modelled using the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) to understand the hydrological response and assess its water balance components. The result shows that the basin's water yield and evapotranspiration (ET) vary from 58–63% and 34–39% of total precipitation. The average annual contribution of snowmelt to the total riverine flow will range from 20–24% throughout the simulation period. SFTMP, TLAPS, SMTMP, CN2, SMFMX, and GW_DELAY is found to be …