Vol. 7, Issue 2 (2019)
Morphometric analysis of Pathardih catchment using remote sensing and GIS
Author(s): Love Kumar, VK Pandey, AV Suresh Babu and MP Tripathi
Abstract: Morphometric analysis is important in any hydrological investigation and it is inevitable in development and management of drainage basin. The linking of the geomorphological parameters with the hydrological characteristics of the basin provides a simple way to understand the hydrologic behavior of the different basins particularly of the ungauged basins because the hydrologic and geomorphic effects of natural and human process with in a catchment are focused at its outlet. The study has demonstrated the potential use of remotely sensed data and Geographical Information Systems (GIS) in evaluation of linear, relief and areal morphometric parameters of Pathardih Catchment. Strahler’s method of stream ordering is the most commonly used method has been followed for the present study. The Pathardih Catchment a major tributary to Seonath Sub-basin in Chhattisgarh covers an area of about 2422.15 km2 and is 5th order drainage basin with mainly dendritic drainage pattern. The numbers of lower order streams are more than the higher order streams and the bifurcation ratio of the study area was low value. The low values of bifurcation ratio indicate that the drainage of the basin has suffered less structural disturbances and drainage pattern has been distorted. The basin has low drainage density of 0.53 km-1 and is elongated in shape. Stream length decreases with the order increases and the length of overland flow values of the basin was 0.26. These studies are significant for soil erosion prevention and land and soil management practices.
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Love Kumar, VK Pandey, AV Suresh Babu, MP Tripathi. Morphometric analysis of Pathardih catchment using remote sensing and GIS. Int J Chem Stud 2019;7(2):980-985.
