Pdf morphometric analysis of abdan basin, almahfid. Morphometric analysis of major watersheds in barind tract. It describes the basin geometry quantitatively and analyse the geology, geomorphology, slope, rock hardness and other structural controls of. In the present study basin morphometry has been analyzed under three broad aspects and they are the linear, areal and relief aspects. Jayashree, 20 have conducted morphometric analysis of tungabhadra drainage basin based on secondary source i. Morphometric analysis is a crucial step in understanding the watershed dynam ics.
The watershed of the mhadei river is an integral part of the mandovi river basin fig. It is identified as calculating the arrangement of a stream in the hierarchy of streams and tributaries 26. 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. Drainage morphometric analysis of the nagavathi watershed. Quantification of morphometric analysis using remote.
Morphometric analysis of gostani river basin in andhra. Morphometric analysis of river basins using gis and. It is felt that the study will be useful to understand hydrological behavior of basin. Any clues, to perform the morphometric analysis of a watershed. The various above morphometric parameters such as linear, areal and relief aspect were used for this present studies. The gis based morphometric analysis of this drainage basin revealed that the oluyole catchment is homogeneity in texture. It describes the basin geometry quantitatively and analyse the geology, geomorphology, slope, rock hardness and other structural controls of drainage basin strahler, 1964. Morphometric analysis, bedload sediments, and weathering. The morphometric analysis of the sediment conduits in the study area has wider applications for understanding depositional processes, reservoir distribution and petroleum prospectivity in. Pdf morphometric analysis of kadvi river basin, maharashtra.
Drainage basin morphometry attempts to explain and predict the longterm. Pdf morphometric analysis of drainage basins in the western. The drainage basin analysis plays a vital role in the control of. Pdf morphometric analysis of a drainage basin using. Quantitative morphometric analysis facilitates understanding of the drainage development, surface runoff generation, infiltration capacity of the ground and groundwater potential. A comparison between manual and automated delineation of basins.
Introduction remote sensing and gis techniques are efficient and effective tools in the assessment, identification and delineation of drainage basins. Morphometric analysis of a watershed provides a quantitative description of the drainage system which is an important aspect of characterization of watersheds strahler, 1964. 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. Sapahi river is a very small tributary of river swarnrekha river system. Morphometric analysis for evaluating groundwater potential. The simplest of drainage basin parameters are those that summarize spatial characteristics. 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.
Morphometric analysis is refers as the quantitative evaluation of form characteristics of the earth surface and any landform unit. Arabian peninsula, drainage basin, digital elevation model, morphometry. The morphometric analysis of linear aspects of usri. The data contains morphometric analysis of the nagavathi watershed in dharmapuri district of tamil nadu. Morphometric parameter generally depends upon bed rock, lithology, pedology. The lengths of the streams, areas of the watershed were measured by using. 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. This is crucial for analyzing the vulnerability of gada river basin to erosion and sediment yield. The relief aspects include dissection index, absolute and relative relief and average slope. In the present study venna river basin was considered for morphometric analysis using digital elevation model, toposheet. The morphometric analysis is done with linear, aerial, relief aspect, the slope, and a gradient of a channel by many researchers 9,10. The watershed morphometric parameters such as linear, relief and aerial aspects of the watershed were determined and computed.
These techniques are found relevant for the extraction of river basin and its drainage networks. 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 analyses of neyyar river basin, southern. The morphometric analysis for all the twelve subwatersheds of the lolab basin reveals that the subwatersheds lsb 2, 4, 5, 10, 11 and lsb 12 are having the greater tendency to peak discharge in a. Morphometric analysis of river basin was performed by determining the parameters like drainage area. Introduction morphometry analysis is the measurement and mathematical analysis of the configuration of the earths surface. Morphometric analysis in esna basin, using remote sensing.
The grain size variation and modal analysis of the sediments has been done briefly and are given in table 3 and figure 4. A gisbased approach in drainage morphometric analysis of. It is a proven technique for delineating, updating and analyzing the morphometric parameters of drainage basin and effective planning and management of natural resources is more suitable than other methods. The extracted drainage network was classified according to strahlers system of classification and it reveals that the terrain exhibits dendritic to subdendritic drainage pattern. This is the most common technique in basin analysis, as morphometry form an ideal areal unit for interpretation and analysis of fluvially. Morphometric analysis of drainage basin through gis. Morphometric analysis of a lower wardha river sub basin of maharashtra, india. Morphometric analysis of sina basin using gis and remote.
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. Design and analysis of randomized clinical trials requiring prolonged observation of each patient. The morphometric analysis consists of linear, aerial and relief aspects. The study of morphometry analysis were initiated by horton 4 5 and schumm 6 in the field of hydrology and are widely used by hydrologist and geomorphologist till date to study the spatial variability in the river basin. Morphometric analysis of a lower wardha river sub basin of. Fluvial morphometric study includes the consideration of linear, areal and relief aspects of the fluvially. Morphometric analysis of a basin provides information about different aspect and characterizes the drainage system of basin in these aspects strahler a. Article pdf available february 2014 with 3,809 reads. The drainage basin is selected as an ideal geomorphological unit. Morphometric analysis gives a quantitative description of drainage basin.
Morphometric analysis of barapani river basin in karbi. Drainage basin analysis based on morphometric parameters is very significant for watershed planning since it gives an idea about the basin physical. A dataset for the flood vulnerability assessment of the. Morphometric analysis of sapahi river basin by idagamble. Morphometric analysis of drainage basins in the western. 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. Pdf on jan 1, 2008, s k sharma and others published morphometric analysis of drainage basin using gis approach find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. Morphometric analysis of sapahi river basin rajesh kumar mahato term paper geography earth science physical geography, geomorphology, environmental studies publish your bachelors or masters thesis, dissertation, term paper or essay. The quantitative analysis of morphometric parameters is found to be of immense utility in the river basin evaluation, watershed prioritization for soil and water.
The data are composed of shuttle radar topographic mission digital elevation model srtm dem data. Location map of usri river basin results and discussions morphometric analysis of linear aspects of usri river basin. Pmc free article peto r, pike mc, armitage p, breslow ne, cox dr, howard sv, mantel n, mcpherson k, peto j, smith pg. Dec 14, 2017 morphometric features are classified into three categories linear properties one dimension aerial properties two dimension relief properties three dimension it incorporates quantitative study of the various components such as, stream segments, basin length, basin parameters, basin area, altitude, volume, slope. Watershed as a basic unit of morphometric analysis has gained importance because of its topographic and hydrological unity. The morphometric analysis studies the basin processes and basin characteristic and describes the history of the river basin. Morphometric analysis of sapahi river basin download here. The remaining parameters, which are partly derived from the basic pa. 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. Application of quantitative techniques in morphometric analysis of drainage basins was initially undertaken by horton et al. This topogrphic, hydraulic and hydrological unity of the basin. This study is on morphometric analysis of river gada using geographical information system gis techniques.
Morphometric analysis of the banas river basin using the. Jun 15, 20 morphometric analysis of sapahi river basin download here. A morphometric analysis of shanur basin has been carried out using geoprocessing techniques in gis. Morphometric analysis of a drainage basin using geographical. The aim of the study is to establish a relationship between surface morphometry and the hydrogeomorphic characteristics of the basin. Morphometric analysis is the mathematical analysis of the earths surface configuration including its shape, size, landforms dimension etc clarke, 1996. Here meteorological and hydrological drought effects increase day by day along with demand for groundwater irrigation, turning the area. This study would help the local people to utilize the resources for sustainable development of the basin area. Basin is highly undulating terrain and needs protection to control deterioration of natural resources such as soil and water. These include several basic morphometric parameters. Remote sensing and geographical information system gis techniques are increasingly being used for morphometric analysis of drainage basins throughout the world 9. Morphometric analysis of subwatershed in parts of western ghats. Detailed morphometric analysis of man river basin in akola. Morphometric analysis of sapahi river basin by idagamble issuu.
The drainage basin analysis plays a vital role in the control of floods and erosion, assessment of. The quantitative morphometric analysis carried out in neyyar subwatershed includes network analysis. Morphometric analysis of thadayampatti watershed, madurai. Pdf drainage basin morphometric analysis of galagu. Morphometric analysis of gostani river basin in andhra pradesh state, india using spatial information technology nageswara rao.
Pdf morphometric analysis of drainage basin using gis. Morphometry is the measurement and mathematical evaluation of earths surface, form and the dimension of the landforms. The morphometric analysis study coupled with remote sensing and gis techniques evaluate different valuable parameters for the watershed. 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. Gis based quantitative morphometric analysis and its. Results of the watershed morphometric analysis are presented in table 2. 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.
Gis techniques characterized by very high accuracy of. Pdf morphometric analysis of drainage basin using gis approach. Morphometric features are classified into three categories linear properties one dimension aerial properties two dimension relief properties three dimension it incorporates quantitative study of the various components such as, stream segments, basin length, basin parameters, basin area, altitude, volume, slope. Model with 32 m x 32 m resolution is used for the morphometric analysis of the basin to derive linear, areal and relief aspects by using the arcgis 10. M 2 1 department of civil engineering, git, gitam university, visakhapatnam 530 045. Delineated fifth order subbasins for morphometric analysis the morphometric parameters for each basin were directly computed from the vector data extracted from the topographic maps basic parameters. The basic concept to study morphometric analysis of river. Morphometry governs the dynamics of a drainage basin. Morphometric based prioritization of watershed for. A morphometric analysis of linear aspects of usri river basin.
Jun 23, 2015 a morphometric analysis of shanur basin has been carried out using geoprocessing techniques in gis. Morphometric analysis of kadvi river basin, maharashtra using geospatial techniques article pdf available in current world environment 123 december 2017 with 310 reads how we measure reads. The morphometric analysis of the man river basin was carried out on the survey of india topographical maps no. Morphometric analysis of lymphatic and blood vessels in. 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. Pdf drainage basin morphometric analysis of galagu valley. Survey of india soi toposheet number e43i having 1. This is the most common technique in basin analysis, as morphometry form an ideal areal unit for interpretation and analysis of fluvially originated landforms where they exhibits and example.
The basic concept to study morphometric analysis of river drainage basin. Form of the basin, by compactness of gravelius index drainage density difference in. The drainage, flow direction, flow accumulation, slope, aspect, hill shade and the morphometric parameters are generated consequent upon the model input data, swat model and the model setup described in 2. Morphometric analysis of a kharun watershed of seonath sub basin was carried out in the department of soil and water engineering, faculty of agricultural engineering, indira gandhi krishivishwavidyalaya raipur. The application of rs and gis for the analysis of morphometric parameters is found to be of immense utility in watershed prioritization for soil. Basin morphometry is an important means of understanding a drainage basin using mathematically derived parameters. Morphometric analysis of venna river basin using geospatial tool. The quaternary material cover most of the bed rock in the form of superficial deposits and soil overlying the solid rocks. Basin morphometry gives the signs of an influence on. 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 sub basin. Morphometric analyses of neyyar river basin, southern kerala.
Morphometric studies are first attempted by horton, strahler, smith, schumm, and miller 15. The relief characteristics were used to generate the hypsometric curve which exhibit the monadnock and reliefs of coastal morphology. Morphometric analyses of neyyar river basin, southern kerala, india. Morphometric analysis of a kharun watershed of seonath subbasin was carried out in the department of soil and water engineering, faculty of agricultural engineering, indira gandhi krishivishwavidyalaya raipur. Morphometric analysis, linear aspect, areal aspect, relief aspect. Morphometric analysis of kadvi river basin, maharashtra.
Morphometric analysis of kadvi river basin, maharashtra using. Twentyone morphometric parameters were obtained from the dem for all 36 basins. Morphometric analysis of a drainage basin using geographical information system. 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. Its just 15 km far away from main capital and functional region. Quantitative morphometric analysis of a watershed of yamuna. Morphometric analysis of kakoi river watershed for study. Parallel work of basin morphometry has been carried out by abrahams, langbein, leopold, and maddock 68. Formulas for right circular cones have been fitted to the configurations of alluvial fans. Pdf morphometric analysis of jiya dhol river basin. Morphometric analysis of katra watershed of eastern ghats. Morphometric analysis of sapahi river basin publish your. This is the most common technique in basin analysis, as morphometry form an ideal areal unit for interpretation and analysis. The first step of morphometric analysis of the river basin is to get the stream order.
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