A gisbased approach in drainage morphometric analysis of. Morphometric,analysis,of,watershed,using,gis,and,rs. A morphometric analysis of linear aspects of usri river basin avijit guray, mandira ghosh abstract the usri river basin is a portion of the chotonagpur highland in the district of giridih of the bihar province in india. Morphometry governs the dynamics of a drainage basin. Morphometric analysis of morar river basin, madhya pradesh, india, using remote sensing and gis techniques p singh, jk thakur, uc singh environmental earth sciences 68 7, 19671977, 20. The study couples hypsometry analysis with the gis technology. Soil, geomorphology, hydrology, and landscapes are intimately linked.
Analysis of water use on a large river basin using mike basin. Morphometric analysis of suketi river basin, himachal himalaya, india. Pdf morphometric analysis of kadvi river basin, maharashtra. Perimeter length is the linear length of a drainage basin. Morphometric analysis of a river basin provides a quantitative description of the drainage system, which is an important aspect of the characterization of basins 4. Morphometric analysis is defined as the quantitative measurement of landscape shape. Pdf morphometric investigation of morna river basin. The basin is delimited by the drainage basins of the ajoy and its tributes in the east, irga in the west, burnur and knuda in the north and khako and barakar in the south. Morphometric analysis, bedload sediments, and weathering. The main aim of the present study is to identify the morphometric parameters of a watershed of mula river basin, pune district of state maharashtra, india, and to prioritize the subbasin.
Morphometric analysis of sapahi river basin ebook by. It may be like as certain issues that are resources. The work has been carried out through srtm dem of 90 m resolution and analyzed using gis software. The gilgit river basin is situated in the hindu kush and karakoram mountains of pakistan. M centre for earth science studies, thiruvananthapuram 695 031, india email. Morphometric analyses of neyyar river basin, southern kerala. Morphometric analysis of river basin characteristics. Quantitative morphometric analysis facilitates understanding of the drainage development, surface runoff generation, infiltration capacity of the ground and groundwater potential.
The detailed analysis of morphometric and morphological character indicate the role of the neotectonics in shaping the drainage basin raj et. Geospatial approach for quantitative drainage morphometric analysis of varuna river basin, india praveen kumar rai rai. The morphometric analysis of satna river basin was carried out by means of remote sensing data landsat and srtm and geographic information system gis techniques used for potential expansion and planning of the river watershed. The morphometric analysis of linear aspects of usri. Morphometric analysis of the manas river basin using earth observation data and geographical information system jenita mary nongkynrih, zahid husain international journal of geomatics and geosciences volume 2 issue 2, 2011 648 length of the manas river flows is about 106. Morphometric analysis of river basin characteristics a boulton on. Wherein, rivers are generally controlled by geological nature of basin and its platform which equally influences on channel slope and demonstrates erosional and depositional signs of the river 3. Morphometric analysis of sapahi river basin by idagamble. Drainage basin morphometric analysis of galagu valley.
Hydrologic classification and estimation of basin and hydrologic. Morphometric analysis of the manas river basin using earth. The quantitative analysis of river basin evaluation, watershed prioritization, soil and water conservation, and natural resources management at micro level has been defined using different. Linear and aerial aspect of basin morphometry of kundka sub. Morphometric studies of a watershed helps the researcher to compare different landform and calculate the geomorphic indices that may be useful for identifying a particular characteristic such as the level of neotectonic activity in a watershed. Some workers refer to this parameter as basin height. The morphometric analysis studies the basin processes and basin characteristic and describes the history of the river basin. Morphometric analysis of kas river basin in ahmednagar using remote sensing and geographical information system gis techniques pratiksha sanjay rane shramshkti college of agricultural engineering and technology, maldad, sangamner, ahmednagar, maharashtra, india.
A lot of the plastic enters the sea from the land through streams and rivers. Morphometry of drainage basins, volume 20 1st edition. G student department of civil engineering department of civil engineering remote sensing adhiyamaan college of engineering adhiyamaan college of engineering abstract. These techniques are found relevant for the extraction of river basin and its drainage networks. A river basin model is a mathematical model that represents the relevant processes in a river basin and can predict the behavior of the. The drainage pattern is dendritic in nature and it is influenced by the general topography, geology and rainfall condition of. Morphometric analysis of offin river basin using remote. Morphometric analysis of a river basin is essential to identify and assess seasonal changes in drainage basin characteristics, understand the groundwater potential, and address issues related to soil and water conservation. Morphometric analysis of major watersheds in barind tract.
This is the most common technique in basin analysis, as morphometry form an ideal areal unit for interpretation and analysis. Morphometric analysis of a drainage basin using geographical. The provincial capital of gilgitbaltistan is located in the lower part of the basin. Morphometrical analysis of imphal river basin using gis shamurailatpam ashalata sharma department of earth sciences, manipur university, canchipur, imphal, india author for correspondence abstract gis and image processing techniques were adopted to identify the morphological features and to analyse their properties. Morphometric analysis gives a quantitative description of drainage basin. The basin morphometric parameters including linear and aerial aspects of the kundka river sub basin were determined and computed. Certification program participants should continue online and remote, independent study.
Morphometric analysis of kundka sub basin was carried out using remote sensing and gis. Read morphometric analysis of sapahi river basin by rajesh kumar mahato available from rakuten kobo. Morphometry is the measurement and mathematical evaluation of earths surface, form and the dimension of the landforms. Morphometric based prioritization of watershed for. The data are composed of shuttle radar topographic mission digital elevation model srtm dem data. Morphometric analysis of a watershed provides a quantitative description of the drainage system which is an important aspect of characterization of watersheds strahler, 1964. Raju nj, reddy tvk, nayudu pt, reddy gj 1995 morphometric analysis of the upper gunjanaeru river basin, cuddapah district, andhra pradesh. The gis based morphometric analysis of this drainage basin revealed that the charthana is 4 th order drainage basin and drainage pattern mainly in subdendritic to dendritic type thereby indicates homogeneity in texture and lack of structural control. Geographical information system gis and remote sensing techniques using satellite images are used as a convenient tool for morphometric analysis. Morphometric analysis of kadvi river basin, maharashtra.
Hawul basin is one of the prominent river basins in north eastern part of nigeria. Purchase morphometry of drainage basins, volume 20 1st edition. Morphometry is a measurement and mathematical analysis of landforms. Morphometric analysis, drainage pattern, indrayani river, deccan basalts introduction the morphometric analysis of the drainage basin and channel network play a vital role in order to understand the hydrogeological behavior of drainage basin and expresses the prevailing climate, geology, geomorphology and structure etc. Morphometric analysis brings out the basic characters on the geometrical and mechanical aspects of the river basin which in turn would be helpful in under standing the hydrology, sediment and evolution of land scapes in the basins a. Sharmistha nagal mapping of lineaments in adwa river basin using remote sensing and gis techniques european academic research vol. A morphometric analysis of bharathapuzha river basin has been carried out using geoprocessing techniques in gis. Vandana m, 2012 carried out morphometric analysis for kabini river basin and morphometric analysis is used as a tool for prioritization of sub watershed in the basin. A few lakes in florida are the result of rivers carrying and delivering large loads of sediment along their borders and creating natural levies that eventually separate newly formed lakes from the river. Case study of oluyole catchement area, ibadan, nigeria.
The morphometric analysis of indrayani river in parbhani district is carried out using arc gis and soi topographical map 56a12 and 56a16. The main objective of the study is to calculate the morphometric parameters of the bagain river basin. The srtm digital elevation model has been widely used in drainage basin analysis. Pdf morphometric analysis of didessa river catchement in. Drainage basin, hawul basin, geospatial, morphometric. Morphometric analysis of morar river basin, madhya pradesh. Geospatial approach for quantitative drainage morphometric. Drainage basin morphometry and river network analysis. Morphometric analysis of gostani river basin in andhra. The watershed of the mhadei river is an integral part of the mandovi river basin fig. Gis based quantitative morphometric analysis and its. It is also well observed that remote sensing satellite data is emerging as the most effective, time saving and accurate technique for morphometric analysis of a basin.
Remote sensing rs, geographical information system gis and global positioning system gps proved to be an efficient tool in our modern geographical and geological studies that. Formulas for right circular cones have been fitted to the configurations of alluvial fans, logarithmic spirals have been used to describe certain shapes of beaches, and drumlins, spoon. Morphometric parameters are harnessed using gis tool. For this lab, you will interpolate the elevation of the basin mouth to the nearest 10 feet and perform the associated subtraction. This technique is found relevant for the extraction of river basin. As per hortons law 1945 of stream numbers, the number of streams of.
Analysis of morphometric characteristics of vamanapuram. The area is occupied by 96% khondalite group quartzfeldspargarnetsillimanitegneiss of rocks. Payaswani river basin stream order and frequency stream order no. Morphometric analysis of watersheds in kelani river basin. In specific terms, means by which the various spatial characteristics of a results of river morphometric analysis yield useful drainage basin is quantitatively described pidwimy, information pertinent to the ruggedness of the terrain, 2006. River basin models have been used to aid in the determination of fair and equitable longterm water sharing agreements or shortterm operational plans in transboundary basins. Study area the study area of the watershed is the south pennar basin, a east flowing river also known as ponnaiyar basin covers an area of 10. Results of the watershed morphometric analysis are presented in table 2.
Drainage basin setup e supin river basin is located in uttarkashi district of uttarakhand figure and situated between e and n. Formulas for right circular cones have been fitted to the configurations of alluvial fans. Geospatial analysis of morphometric characteristics of river. Bismark mensahbrako1, wilson agyei agyare1, ebenezer mensap and richard kotei2 1department of agricultural and biosystems engineering, college of engineering, kwame nkrumah university of science and technology, kumasi, ghana. To understand the drainage basin dynamics and their usefulness in watershed prioritisation and management in terms of soil erosion studies and groundwater potential assessment and flood hazard risk reduction in mountainous rivers, morphometric analysis of a himalayan river supin river basin has been taken as a case study. Geology of the study area geologically the area mapped forms part of vindhyan plateau. Morphometric analysis of the gal oya river basin using spatial data derived from gis n. The total drainage area of the kanhar river basin is 5,654 km 2. Here meteorological and hydrological drought effects increase day by day along with demand for groundwater irrigation, turning the area. The morphometric analysis consists of linear, aerial and relief aspects.
Stream ordering method was first invented by horton 27 in 1945, but later on in 1952 strahler 28 has modified stream ordering method and published it. Morphometric analysis is an integral part of geomorphological studies. Morphometric analysis of offin river basin using remote sensing and gis technology in ghana. Morphometric analysis, quantitative description and analysis of landforms as practiced in geomorphology that may be applied to a particular kind of landform or to drainage basins and large regions generally.
Morphometric analysis of kas river basin in ahmednagar. A morphometric analysis of linear aspects of usri river basin. The grain size variation and modal analysis of the sediments has been done briefly and are given in table 3 and figure 4. Morphometric analysis of river basin was performed by determining the parameters like drainage area. It is identified as calculating the arrangement of a stream in the hierarchy of streams and tributaries 26. Research article morphometry governs the dynamics of a. The total number of stream segments present in each order is the stream number nu. Morphometric analysis of chel river basin, west bengal, india, using geographic information system. The lengths of the streams, areas of the watershed were measured by using. Results of the study can be utilised in watershed prioritisation for soil and water conservation in kelani river basin in sri lanka. Watershed boundary, flow direction, flow accumulation, flow length, stream ordering have been prepared using hydrological tool and slopeaspect have been prepared using surface tool in arcgis. The morphometric analysis of the drainage basin and channel network play a vital role for understanding the geohydrological behavior of drainage basin and expresses the prevailing climate, geology, geomorphology, structural, etc. It is essentially an assemblage of techniques which have become both an important part of geomorphology ahd a useful set of morphometric inputs to hydrologic models of river basins.
Morphometric and terrain analysis of payaswani river basin of kerala and karnataka states using gis sukumar b, ahalya sukumar international journal of geomatics and geosciences volume 4 issue 2, 20 358 figure 1. The data contains morphometric analysis of the nagavathi watershed in dharmapuri district of tamil nadu. If there is any conclusion that springs from a comparative study of river systems, it is that no two are the same. The land we live on eventually drains to a river or estuary or lake, and our actions affect water. The study area man river basin which is located in the survey of india toposheet nos. Drainage basins or basins should be the study area for the better understanding of the hydrologic system. Morphometric analysis of gilgit river basin in mountainous.
Morphometric analysis of chel river basin, west bengal. Magesh n s, 20 used geoinformatics for extraction of river basin and carried out morphometric analysis for that extracted river basin. Basin morphometry is a means of mathematically quantifying different aspects of a drainage basin. Anilkumar2 1research scholar, university college, thiruvananthapuram 2kscste emeritus scientist, department of geography, university college, thiruvananthapuram abstract. Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject geography earth science physical geography, geomorphology, environme. The first step of morphometric analysis of the river basin is to get the stream order. Mhadei river is an integral part of the mandovi river basin fig. Jun 23, 2015 a morphometric analysis of shanur basin has been carried out using geoprocessing techniques in gis. Morphometric and terrain analysis of payaswani river basin of. View river basin morphometry research papers on academia. Morphometric analysis of sapahi river basin publish your. Morphometric analysis of the khurar river basin krb is presented in terms of srtm data with the help of arcgis 10 software as in tables 1 and 2.
River basin planning guy pegram, li yuanyuan, tom le quesne, robert speed. Morphometric analysis of kakoi river watershed for study. Some of the most important environmental concerns focus on changes occurring on mainstem rivers and in estuaries with drainage basins of tens of thousands of. The quantitative morphometric analysis carried out in neyyar subwatershed includes network analysis. Gis and hypsometry based analysis on the evolution of sub. The relief characteristics were used to generate the hypsometric curve which exhibit the monadnock and reliefs of coastal morphology. On account of extensive fertile soil which is suitable for agriculture, the basic occupation of the people is farming. Morphometric analysis of the gal oya river basin using. In the present study, morphometric analyses of the neyyar river basin, southern kerala, india is examined using a drainage map, topography models and satellite imagery. Strahler method is much uncomplicated so generally many researchers adopt this method for morphometry. For this purpose some basic parameters are measured including number of streams, length of streams, basin perimeter, basin length, elevation and other aerial parameters. The aim of the study is to establish a relationship between surface morphometry and the hydrogeomorphic characteristics of the basin. It is important in any hydrological investigation like assessment of groundwater potential, groundwater management, basin management and environmental assessment.
Watershed morphometric analysis of a basin is key to understand the hydrological processes. The drainage basin analysis is important in any hydrological. Drainage morphometric analysis of the nagavathi watershed. In this paper, quantitative techniques which solely involved the use of formula and geospatial techniques gis applications were used to examine the morphometric characteristics linear, aerial and relief of the basin. The morphometric analysis of the man river basin was carried out on the survey of india topographical maps no.
A river basin drains all the land around a major river. Its just 15 km far away from main capital and functional region of ranchi. In the lower portion of river sapahi, rukka dam is major water reservoir for water supply in ranchi capital. The basic concept to study morphometric analysis of river. Watershed based morphometric analysis of south pennar river basin, krishnagiri district, tamil nadu using remote sensing and gis dr. International scheldt district 37000 km2 includes fresh and brackish water tidal rivers scheldt, somme, ijzer and salt. The present study has been carried out in kakoi river watershed. Detailed morphometric analysis of man river basin in akola. The various above morphometric parameters such as linear, areal and relief aspect were used for this present studies. Mapping of lineaments in adwa river basin using remote. Morphometric analysis using remote sensing and gis. Morphometric analysis of drainage basin through gis.
Basins can be divided into water sheds, or areas of land around a smaller river, stream or lake. The morphometric parameters of kanhar river basin have been calculated and the results are given in the table 2. Morphometric based prioritization of watershed for groundwater. The basin morphometric parameters such as linear and aerial aspects of the river basin were determined and comput ed.
Morphometric evaluation of the gilgit river basin was carried out to study its drainage characteristics and overall water. Pdf morphometric analysis of jiya dhol river basin. Pdf nowadays river systems consisting with uneven number of natural. Morphometric analysis and watershed prioritisation. Pdf on jul 3, 2011, n k baghmar reader and others published morphometric analysis of pairi river basin using remote sensing and gis find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. Morphometry is a water resources of a given region. Morphometric analysis of the banas river basin using the. A morphometric analysis of morna river proceeds using geospatial techniques. Watershed based morphometric analysis of south pennar. Detailed drainage map was prepared from soi toposheets digitized in arcgis 10. Location map of usri river basin results and discussions morphometric analysis of linear aspects of usri river basin.
Morphometric analysis of sapahi river basin download here. Analysis of morphometric characteristics of vamanapuram river basin, kerala g. Sapahi river is a very small tributary of river swarnrekha river system. Lama and maiti 2 introduction morphometry is the measurement and mathematical analysis of the configuration of the earths surface, shape and dimension of its landforms clarke, 1966. Morphometric analysis of major watersheds based on satellite images using hydrological module of arc gis software in the drought prone barind tract in the northwestern part of bangladesh has been carried out for its relevance in the water resource management.
A perspective of river basin development duke law scholarship. In the present study basin morphometry has been analyzed under three broad aspects and they are the linear, areal and relief aspects. Pdf the present research work reflects the in detail morphometric study of kadvi river basin, which is a part of warna river in shahuwadi. A geomorphologic study of river basins and hydrologic response. The study indicates that analysis of morphometric parameters with the help of geographic information system gis would prove a viable method of characterizing the hydrological response behaviour of the watershed. Morphometric analysis of watershed using gis and rs. In the present study venna river basin was considered for morphometric analysis using digital elevation model, toposheet. Each river is distinctive in characteristics of basin.
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