Assessment of the morphological trends and sediment dynamics in the Indus River, Pakistan

Boota, Muhammad; Yan, Chaode; Idrees, Muhammad Bilal; Soomro, Shan‐e‐hyder; Dou, Ming; Zohaib, Muhammad; Yousaf, Ayesha

doi:10.2166/wcc.2021.125

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“…Comparing morphometric parameters of watersheds helps assess landform, soil, and erosional influences on their distinct features (Dar et al 2013;Ghosh et al 2022), impacting land use and cover changes. Remote sensing (RS) and GIS are to be accurate, time saving and efficient technology for studying hydrological impacts on land use changes (Singh et al 2014;Boota et al 2021;, aiding in planning and decision-making (Franklin 2001). They also offer multi-temporal satellite data for analyzing land cover changes and convenient mapping methods (Singh et al 2014).…”

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Fluvial Geomorphological Changes in the Moribund Deltaic Region of Eastern India using remote sensing and GIS techniques

Quamar,

Parhi,

Dwivedi

et al. 2024

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The present study focuses on the deltaic region of West Bengal, which is one of the most dynamic natural regions in the state. The study area is a part of the moribund deltaic region of Nadia district. Bank erosion, channel shifting, siltation of channels, and the decay of oxbow lakes are common geomorphic hazards in the Bhagirathi-Jalangi interfluve and further south in the floodplain of the Hugli River. The study area is susceptible to various geomorphic hazards, including bank erosion, channel shifting, siltation of channels, and the decay of oxbow lakes. These hazards are prevalent in the Bhagirathi-Jalangi interfluve and the southern floodplain of the Hugli River. The primary aim of the study is to identify distinct patterns of fluvial geomorphic features on the floodplain using remote sensing and GIS techniques. For the analysis, data on river planform were collected from the Survey of India toposheets and a number of satellite images. Surveys were carried out to compare the present scenario with the past situation. The results revealed that fluvial geomorphological changes over a period of 45 years are considerably significant. Anthropogenic causes have a greater influence on changing the morphology and increasing the rate of bank erosion.

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Fluvial Geomorphological Changes in the Moribund Deltaic Region of Eastern India using remote sensing and GIS techniques

Quamar,

Parhi,

Dwivedi

et al. 2024

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“…In the literature, many international studies were carried out to identify the morphological and spatio-temporal pattern of the river planform and their bankline migration with the aid of GIS and remote sensing tools [13][14][15][16][17][18]. Remote sensing has been used by researchers for more than thirty years to investigate the surface of the earth [19], of which supervised remote sensing techniques have been widely used for the analysis of satellite images.…”

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Monitoring and Modelling Morphological Changes in Rivers Using RS and GIS Techniques

2023

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River geomorphological investigation issues have received little attention in most countries of the world. Such processes become a pressing necessity due to climate change and anticipated events of extraordinary surges and dry seasons, which may debilitate the security of adjacent and downstream cities, particularly in locales that are exceedingly delicate and influenced by climatic changes. Al-Abbasia reach is a river that runs through the middle of the Euphrates River and is known for its numerous bends and meanders. The study of hydraulic structures such as barrages can provide important information about their influences on morphological processes in river reaches near the barrage upstream and downstream. Hydraulic analysis is made of the river behavior in u/s and d/s of hydraulic structures like barrages as a result of sediment deposition and erosion in u/s and d/s. A study, i.e., research on the impacts of the Abbassia barrage on the river system, has been conducted to address this issue using multi-temporal Landsat satellite data from 1976 to 2022 provided by the USGS. The study reach is located 5 kilometres upstream and 5 kilometres downstream of the Abbassia reach. Following the construction of the barrage, which had an impact on the sedimentation and geometry of the river, morphological variations took place in this part of the Al Abbassia reach. In this study, morphological changes throughout 49 years between 1976 and 2022 were investigated utilising remote sensing (RS) and geographic information system (GIS) approaches. Additionally, four image groups from three separate decades were used to perform change detection (1990–2000, 2000–2010, and 2010–2022). In this study, a monitoring system using Landsat-3 MSS: 1985, Landsat-5 TM: 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, and Landsat-8 OLI: 2010, 2011, 2015, 2021, 2022 were employed to map river planform changes. The long-term comparison of this series of satellite images and historical maps for the period 1976–2022 indicates a continuation of change in the reach study with a rate of approximately 56, 33, 97, and 55% for upstream and 19%, 26%, 3%, and 45% for downstream for the width, area, deposition, and erosion, respectively. Furthermore, it is observed that there is a shift in river course within 200 m downstream of the barrage for the period of 1985–1990. The findings of this study, which monitor river morphological change at finer temporal and spatial resolutions, are crucial for promoting sustainable river management. They also aid in the investigation of river behaviour, which is necessary for providing the best management possible and overcoming the difficulties posed by this important research issue. Doi: 10.28991/CEJ-2023-09-03-03 Full Text: PDF

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“…The morphological parameters such as sinuosity index, channel surface area, channel erosion/deposition, channel centerline, and channel width have been utilized in various studies to examine the river morphology with the help of satellite images. In addition to the progress made in terms of accuracy and resolution techniques increases the potential to get highly accurate large-scale maps reveals the river platform and land cover [8,9].…”

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“…Worldwide, the satellite data was included in most of the morphological aspects studies such as river planform morphology, variation in vegetation cover for the banks and main river islands, analysis and quantify the bank movements and width changes, migration rate of river banks, island growth, information about the active channel surface subdivision in water, vegetation and gravel coverage classes along the channel centerline, braiding and sinuosity indices, channel adjustments and alteration of sediment fluxes and interpret changes in channel conveyance. Many scholars used satellite data and GIS to assess the morphological changes in different places such as sand bed river flows in India and Bangladesh, five gravel-bed rivers in the north and north-eastern Italy, the Karkheh River in Iran, many rivers in Albania, and the Indus River in Pakistan [1,4,8,[27][28][29][30].…”

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Field and Satellite Images-Based Investigation of Rivers Morphological Aspects

2022

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Worldwide and especially in less developed regions, process-based evaluations and/or geomorphological information on large-scale rivers are still scarce. Such investigation become of ‎urgent ‎need due to the climate change and expected occurrence of extreme floods and drought which ‎may ‎threaten the safety of nearby and downstream cities, especially in regions that are highly sensitive and ‎affected by climatic changes. The Tigris River, in Iraq, is one such river that has undergone significant alteration to its flow and morphologic aspects due to climate change and the construction of many dams. However, morphology and its change for many reaches of this river are still uninvestigated. To this end, field and satellite-based investigations into the morphology of a reach located between Makhool District and Tikrit City have been conducted. In addition to the cross-sectional survey-based determination of the reach geometrical aspects, a sinuosity indices-based evaluation of the reach planform was implemented, utilizing a satellite indices-based approach. Furthermore, the characteristics of bed material were identified through field sampling. Investigation results show that the reach has a steep bed slope and many islands of low altitude with an elongated shape. The reach has a mild sinuosity with alternating bars. The dominant particle sizes of the bed material are coarse and medium gravel with a dominant particle shape of disc particles. Moreover, the satellite-based change detection indicated the fading out and disappearance of some secondary channels, the growth of many islands, and the movement of some bends downstream. The percentage of changing parts for the period 1975–2021 is 14%. Most of this change, 11%, occurred after the construction of the Mosul Dam. This reveals the sensitivity of reach morphology to flow change due to the construction of dams. The conducted fieldwork and the applied methodology contribute to supporting efforts to add knowledge worldwide about uninvestigated rivers. Doi: 10.28991/CEJ-2022-08-07-03 Full Text: PDF

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Assessment of the morphological trends and sediment dynamics in the Indus River, Pakistan

Cited by 11 publications

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Fluvial Geomorphological Changes in the Moribund Deltaic Region of Eastern India using remote sensing and GIS techniques

Fluvial Geomorphological Changes in the Moribund Deltaic Region of Eastern India using remote sensing and GIS techniques

Monitoring and Modelling Morphological Changes in Rivers Using RS and GIS Techniques

Field and Satellite Images-Based Investigation of Rivers Morphological Aspects

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