Morphometric evaluation of Swarnrekha watershed, Madhya Pradesh, India: an integrated GIS-based approach

Banerjee, Abhishek; Singh, Prafull; Pratap, Kamleshwar

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“…The fast emerging Geospatial technology (GT) viz. remote sensing, GIS, and GPS have been used as an effective tool to overcome most of the problems of land and water resources planning and management on the account of usage of conventional methods of data process Soni et al 2013;Banerjee et al 2015). Geographical information system (GIS) technique is used for assessing various terrain and morphometric characteristics of drainage basin, as they provide a powerful tool for manipulation and analysis of spatial information particularly for the future identification and extraction of the information for better understanding (Vijith and Satheesh 2006).…”

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Assessment of morphometric characteristics of Chakrar watershed in Madhya Pradesh India using geospatial technique

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2016

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The quantitative analysis of the watershed is important for the quantification of the channel network and to understand its geo-hydrological behaviour. Assessment of drainage network and their relative parameters have been quantitatively carried out for the Chakrar watershed of Madhya Pradesh, India, to understand the prevailing geological variation, topographic information and structural setup of the watershed and their interrelationship. Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System (GIS) has been used for the delineation and calculation of the morphometric parameters of the watershed. The Chakrar watershed is sprawled over an area of 415 km 2 with dendritic, parallel and trellis drainage pattern. It is sub-divided into nine sub-watersheds. The study area is designated as sixth-order basin and lower and middle order streams mostly dominate the basin with the drainage density value of 2.46 km/km 2 which exhibits gentle to steep slope terrain, medium dense vegetation, and less permeable with medium precipitation. The mean bifurcation value of the basin is 4.16 and value of nine sub-watersheds varies from 2.83 to 4.44 which reveals drainage networks formed on homogeneous rocks when the influences of geologic structures on the stream network is negligible. Form factor, circularity ratio and elongation ratio indicate an elongated basin shape having less prone to flood, lower erosion and sediment transport capacities. The results from the morphometric assessment of the watershed are important in water resources evaluation and its management and for the selection of recharge structure in the area for future water management.

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Assessment of morphometric characteristics of Chakrar watershed in Madhya Pradesh India using geospatial technique

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2016

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“…Some of the fascinating researches on morphometric evolution using satellite data were also completed by Nautiyal (1994), Srivastava (1997), Nag (1998), Srinivasa et al (2004), Ali et al (2017) and Rai et al (2017b). More recently, Singh et al (2013Singh et al ( , 2014, Sreedevi et al (2005Sreedevi et al ( , 2009Sreedevi et al ( , 2013, Rai et al (2014), Rai et al (2017a, b), Banerjee et al (2015) and Asode et al (2016) have calculated morphometric analysis for Indian rivers using DEM data and GIS.…”

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Hydrological inferences through morphometric analysis of lower Kosi river basin of India for water resource management based on remote sensing data

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Satellite based remote sensing technology has proven to be an effectual tool in analysis of drainage networks, study of surface morphological features and their correlation with groundwater management prospect at basin level. The present study highlights the effectiveness and advantage of remote sensing and GIS-based analysis for quantitative and qualitative assessment of flood plain region of lower Kosi river basin based on morphometric analysis. In this study, ASTER DEM is used to extract the vital hydrological parameters of lower Kosi river basin in ARC GIS software. Morphometric parameters, e.g., stream order, stream length, bifurcation ratio, drainage density, drainage frequency, drainage texture, form factor, circularity ratio, elongation ratio, etc., have been calculated for the Kosi basin and their hydrological inferences were discussed. Most of the morphometric parameters such as bifurcation ratio, drainage density, drainage frequency, drainage texture concluded that basin has good prospect for water management program for various purposes and also generated data base that can provide scientific information for site selection of water-harvesting structures and flood management activities in the basin. Land use land cover (LULC) of the basin were also prepared from Landsat data of 2005, 2010 and 2015 to assess the change in dynamic of the basin and these layers are very noteworthy for further watershed prioritization.

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“…The hydrological response of watersheds is interrelated with their physiographic characteristics, such as size, shape, slope, drainage density, and length of the streams (Gregory and Walling 1973). Recent studies demonstrated that quantitative morphometric analysis has several practical applications that include land surface form characterization (Reddy et al 2004; Thomas et al 2012;Magesh et al 2013;Kaliraj et al 2014;Banerjee et al 2015), watershed prioritization for soil and water conservation (Gajbhiye et al 2014;Meshram and Sharma 2015), environmental assessment (Magesh et al 2011;Al-Rowaily et al 2012;Rai et al 2014;Babu et al 2016), and evaluation and management of watershed resources (Pandey et al 2004). Furthermore, comparison of the quantitative morphometric parameters helps understand the geomorphological effects on the spatial variation of hydrological functions (Romshoo et al 2012;Sreedevi et al 2013).…”

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“…Integrating remote sensing data and GIS tools, therefore, allow automated computation of morphometric parameters and have been successfully employed by several researchers (e.g., Magesh et al 2011;Thomas et al 2012;Kaliraj et al 2014;Banerjee et al 2015;Roy and Sahu 2016) for generating updated and reliable information to characterize watershed physiographic attributes.…”

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Quantitative analysis and implications of drainage morphometry of the Agula watershed in the semi-arid northern Ethiopia

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This study aimed at quantitative analysis of morphometric parameters of Agula watershed and its subwatersheds using remote sensing data, geographic information system, and statistical methods. Morphometric parameters were evaluated from four perspectives: drainage network, watershed geometry, drainage texture, and relief characteristics. A sixth-order river drains Agula watershed and the drainage network is mainly dendritic type. The mean bifurcation ratio (R b ) was 4.46 and at sub-watershed scale, high R b values (R b [ 5) were observed which might be expected in regions of steeply sloping terrain. The longest flow path of Agula watershed is 48.5 km, with knickpoints along the main river which could be attributed to change of lithology and major faults which are common along the rift escarpments. The watershed has elongated shape suggesting low peak flows for longer duration and hence easier flood management. The drainage texture analysis revealed fine drainage which implies the dominance of impermeable soft rock with low resistance against erosion. High relief and steep slopes dominates, by which rough landforms (hills, breaks, and low mountains) make up 76% of the watershed. The S-shaped hypsometric curve with hypsometric integral of 0.4 suggests that Agula watershed is in equilibrium or mature stage of geomorphic evolution. At sub-watershed scale, the derived morphometric parameters were grouped into three clusters (low, moderate, and high) and considerable spatial variability was observed. The results of this study provide information on drainage morphometry that can help better understand the watershed characteristics and serve as a basis for improved planning, management, and decision making to ensure sustainable use of watershed resources.

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Morphometric evaluation of Swarnrekha watershed, Madhya Pradesh, India: an integrated GIS-based approach

Cited by 39 publications

References 28 publications

Assessment of morphometric characteristics of Chakrar watershed in Madhya Pradesh India using geospatial technique

Assessment of morphometric characteristics of Chakrar watershed in Madhya Pradesh India using geospatial technique

Hydrological inferences through morphometric analysis of lower Kosi river basin of India for water resource management based on remote sensing data

Quantitative analysis and implications of drainage morphometry of the Agula watershed in the semi-arid northern Ethiopia

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