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- Title
Morphometric analysis in basaltic Terrain of Central India using GIS techniques: a case study.
- Authors
Sahu, Nisha; Reddy, G. P. Obi; Kumar, Nirmal; Nagaraju, M. S. S.; Srivastava, Rajeev; Singh, S. K.
- Abstract
Morphometric analysis is significant for investigation and management of the watershed. This study depicts the morphometric analysis of Miniwada Watershed in Nagpur district, Maharashtra, Central India using Geographic Information System (GIS) techniques, which has been carried out through measurement of various aspects like linear, aerial and relief aspects of watershed. The drainage network of the watershed was generated from Cartosat-I DEM (10 m) using ESRI Software ArcGIS (ver.10.2). The analysis reveals that drainage pattern is dendritic and the stream order in the watershed varies from 1 to 4. The total number of stream segments of all orders counted as 37, out of which the majority of orders (70.27 %) was covered by 1st order streams and 4th order stream segments covers only 2.70 %. The bifurcation ratio reflects the geological and tectonic characteristics of the watershed and estimated as 3.08. The drainage density of the watershed is 3.63 km/sq km and it indicates the closeness of spacing of channels. The systematic analysis of various parameters in GIS helps in better understanding the soil resources distribution, watersheds prioritization, planning and management.
- Subjects
INDIA; MORPHOMETRICS; BASALT; TERRAIN mapping; GEOGRAPHIC information systems; WATERSHEDS
- Publication
Applied Water Science, 2017, Vol 7, Issue 5, p2493
- ISSN
2190-5487
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s13201-016-0442-z