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. The morphometric analysis of the drainage basin is aimed to acquire accurate data of measurable features of stream network of the drainage basin. Horton applied morphometric analysis to a variety of stream attributes and from these studies he proposed a number of laws of drainage composition. Morphometric analysis of sub watersheds in oguta and. Morphometry governs the dynamics of a drainage basin.
The attributes were assigned to create the digital data base for drainage layer of the river basin. Drainage basin, hawul basin, geospatial, morphometric. 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. Morphometric analysis of a watershed provides a quantitative description of the drainage system. Analysis of basic and linear morphometric parameters using. In this study, kanhar basin a tributaries of son river has. The present paper describes the drainage characteristics of galagu valley area in dinder district obtained through gis based morphometric analysis. Jun 23, 2015 a morphometric analysis of shanur basin has been carried out using geoprocessing techniques in gis. Morphometric analysis of sapahi river basin publish your. Drainage morphometric parameters are important indicator to understand. In the drainage basin analysis the first step is to determine the stream orders. Pdf morphometric analysis of drainage basin using gis approach.
Morphometric analysis of thadayampatti watershed, madurai. Comprises of different segments maps are not in scale 3. Land, water and soil are limited natural resources and their widely utilizationwith increased population is a major concern. Morphometric analysis of a drainage basin provides a quantitative description of a drainage system. Morphometric analysis has been carried out using gis. Therefore, the importance of this data cannot be overemphasized. Major lithological types that fall within the study area are shown in the legend. Drainage morphometric analysis is usually carried out to have an insight on the prevaili ng geological variation, topographic information and structural setting of a basin and their interrelat ionship singh et al. Quantitative analysis of geomorphometric parameters of wadi.
A morphometric analysis of bharathapuzha river basin has been carried out using geoprocessing techniques in gis. The gis based morphometric analysis of this drainage basin revealed that the girjapurna is 6th order drainage basin and drainage pattern mainly in dendritic type thereby indicates homogeneity in texture and lack of structural control. Pdf morphometric analysis of drainage basin using gis. Many authors have been study the morphometric analysis of drainage basins in different countries. The various parameters of watershed namely stream order, stream length, mean stream length, stream ratio, bifurcation ratio, mean bifurcation ratio, drainage density and drainage frequency have been computed using arcview 10 gis software. Morphometric analysis of drainage basin through gis. Drainage basin topography zelevation is the vertical height above a datum zrelief r refers to differences in elevation at local e. Watershed the boundary dividing one drainage basin from another a ridge of high land. Formulas for right circular cones have been fitted to the configurations of alluvial fans. Pdf morphometric analysis of ghaghara river basin, india. Drainage morphometry and its influence on landform. Morphometric analysis of a watershed provides a quantitative description of the drainage system which is an important aspect of characterization of watersheds strahler, 1964. Erosion risk parameters can be measured and calculated using dems and arc gis software. Quantification of runoff as influenced by morphometric.
The drainage basin morphometry throws light on the lithologic and structural controls of the sub basin. The morphometric analysis of linear aspects of usri. Morphometric analysis of morar river basin, madhya pradesh. Gis and image processing techniques can be utilized for the identification of morphological. A gisbased approach in drainage morphometric analysis. Geospatial tools, such as remote sensing and gis, are utilized for the extraction of river basin and its drainage networks. Analysis and implications atrayeebiswas, 1 dipanjandasmajumdar, 2 andsayandeepbanerjee 3 departmentofgeography,universityofcalcutta,b.
Evaluation of geomorphometric characteristics was carried out on catchment level in indiaa 33 and on a re. A dataset for the flood vulnerability assessment of the. Properties such as area, shape, gradient, and relief are important elements of form see drainage basin shape index. The significance of morphometric analysis to understand the. In general drainage basin is an area of land drained by a river and its tributaries, bounded by a watershed boundary. The present study focused on the morphometric analysis of araniar river basin using rs and gis techniques in the identification of groundwater potential zones for effective planning and management of groundwater resources of the basin. To better appreciate the usefulness of topographic maps as tools for investigating drainage basins and to master several morphometric variables used to characterize and analyze drainage basins. Morphometric analysis of a phulambri river drainage basin. Morphometric analysis of the basin and subbasin is a quantative approach for analyzing the distinct aspect and controls of drainage network viz. The results show that the drainage density of the basin has been obtained low. Prioritization of subwatersheds based on morphometric analysis of drainage basin using remote sensing and gis techniques was attempted by 10 this study is aimed at studying the geomorphological.
Geographical information system gis has emerged as an efficient tool in delineation of drainage pattern and ground water potential and its planning. Geospatial toolbased morphometric analysis using srtm data. Gis is a convenient, accurate and reliable tool for analysis of the morphometric parameters sharma et al, 2010. Hortons law of stream lengths suggested that a geometric relationship existed between the number of stream segments in successive stream orders. Detailed morphometric analysis of basins in five sample areas in the equilibrium stage show distinctive, though small, differences in hypsometric integrals and curve forms. Introduction a watershed, also called a drainage basin or catchment area, is defined as an area in which all water flowing into it. Any clues, to perform the morphometric analysis of a watershed. 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. Dec 14, 2017 drainage basin drainage basin is simply the area that gathers water from precipitation and deliver it to large stream or lakes. Drainage characteristics of many river basins and sub basins in different parts of the globe have been studied using conventional methods horton 1945.
Morphometric assessment of wadi wala watershed, southern. The dendritic type drainage network of the basin exhibits the homogeneity in texture and lack of structural control. The present study involved the measurement of the linear, aerial and relief aspects of the dimensions of the subwatersheds. Drainage basin components zdrainage dividewatershed topographical hydrological military zinterfluve a region of higher land separating two rivers in the same drainage basin source. Keywords morphometric parameters remote sensing gis runoff hechms malaysia. In its simplest form, a drainage basin is an area that funnels all runoff to the mouth of a stream.
This technique is found relevant for the extraction of river basin and its drainage networks. The morphometric analysis of drainage density of the study watershed is 0. Getu tessema who were with us by providing documents and ideas for this work. These techniques are found relevant for the extraction of river basin and its drainage networks. The study area was divided into six subbasins for the purpose of microlevel morphometric analysis. The results of morphometric analysis revealed that the. The kosi basin has two types of aquiferweathered aquifer in lower. The fundamental unit of virtually all watershed and fluvial investigations is the drainage basin.
Morphometric analysis of araniar river basin using remote. Pdf morphometric analysis of reju khal drainage basin. Abstractthis study aims to define the drainage morphometry of reju khal drainage basin using shuttle radar topographic mission srtm digital. Morphometry of drainage basins, volume 20 1st edition. The quantitative analysis of morphometric parameters is found to be of immense utility in river basin evaluation, watershed. Various morphometric parameters can be derived from drainage basins, and as such it is often difficult to ascertain which are the most effective for geomorphological reasoning. Morphometric analysis of a watershed provides a quantitative description of the drainage system, which is an important aspect of the characterization of watersheds strahler, 1964. A dataset for the flood vulnerability assessment of the upper cross river basin using morphometric analysis. Quantitative analysis demonstrates that strong fan.
Form of the basin, by compactness of gravelius index drainage density difference in elevation of the basin hypsometric curve. In the present stud y, the channel segment of the drainage basin has been ranked according to strahlers stream ordering system. 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. Quantitative morphometric analysis of bhadar river basin. Quantitative morphometric analysis of a watershed of yamuna. Morphometric analysis of reju khal drainage basin using. United states army corp of engineers, hydrologic engi. Quantitative morphometric analysis facilitates understanding of the drainage development, surface runoff generation, infiltration capacity of the ground and groundwater potential. Morphometric analysis of rupin drainage basin in western. In the present morphometric analysis of the rupin basin has been carried out with the help of the remote sensing and gis techniques. Geospatial approach for quantitative drainage morphometric.
Aster dem data was employed to compile slope, elevation, and aspect maps. Morphometric analysis coupled with drainage network analysis was carried out for the. Pdf morphometric analysis of a drainage basin using. Landforms are created via erosional and depositional processes, the geometry of which is controlled by the processes that shape them. Geographical information system gis has emerged as a professional tool in demarcation of drainage pattern and ground water potential and its planning. Rupin drainage basin and its tributaries created such as various type landform and landscape development and hydraulic action of the study area. Prioritization based on morphometric analysis in alaknanda basin. Drainage basin morphometric analysis of galagu valley. Drainage basin analysis each of the three basic landscape units in our field area can be further subdivided into a system of drainage basins also known as watersheds or catchments. Morphometric analysis of the banas river basin using the.
A morphometric analysis was conducted to identify the drainage properties of wadi wala and the 23 fourthorder sub basins. 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. Quantitative morphometric analysis of a watershed of. Gis based quantitative morphometric analysis and its. Abstract a morphometric analysis of sarabanga watershed in salem district has been chosen for the present study. Catchment the area from which water drains into a particular drainage basin. Analysis of hydrological inferences through morphometric.
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. Several authors have studied morphometric properties of drainage basins as indicators of structural in uence on drainage development and neotectonic activity. Morphometric analysis was carried out at sub basin level using spatial analysis system spans ver. Large, gently sloping fans dominated by fluvial processes are associated with large and less rugged drainage basins, and small rugged basins have produced small, steep fans dominated by debris flow processes. Morphometric analysis of kadvi river basin, maharashtra using geospatial techniques article pdf available in current world environment 123 december 2017 with 273 reads how we measure reads. The book describes the drainage basin as a system unit resulting from the interaction between runoff and topography a lengthy process of evolution. The palar river basin is one of the major rivers in southern peninsular india. Application of quantitative techniques in morphometric analysis of drainage basins was initially undertaken by horton et al. Lamurde basin is a fourth stream order with dendritic pattern of drainage. This article presents a digital elevation model dem, land use and land cover lulc map, soil map, geology map and climatic datasets which enhance the understanding of the physical characteristics of the upper cross river basin using morphometric analysis. Drainage morphometry evaluation for kodavanar sub basin to. Morphometric analysis of reju khal drainage basin using geographic information system gis and srtm data md.
The results of morphometric analysis revealed that the total number of stream is 44 with total length of drainage is 30. Aug 12, 2012 hydrogeological mapping and drainage analysis can form an important tool for groundwater development. From equation 2 the probability density function pdf of drainage area can be written by equation 5. Keywords drainage basin, hawul basin, geospatial, morphometric characteristics 1. However, due to transit disruptions in some geographies, deliveries may be delayed.
The gis based morphometric analysis of this drainage basin revealed that the. Geographical information systembased morphometric analysis. Mouth where the river flows into the sea, or sometimes a lake. Morphometric parameters given by these researchers have longer been used to describe and predict the hydrological behavior of basin. Prioritization of subwatersheds in a large semiarid. Morphometric properties of a drainage basin are quantitative attributes of the landscape that are derived from the terrain or elevation surface and drainage network within a drainage basin. The entire supin river basin has been subdivided into 27 subwatersheds and 36 morphometric parameters have been calculated under four broad categories. Morphometric analysis of a drainage basin using geographical.
Various morphometric parameters such as linear aspects and aerial aspects of the drainage basin were computed. The entire varuna river basin has been subdivided into 3 subwatersheds and 41 morphometric parameters have been computed under four broad categories i. Drainage basin morphometric parameters of river lamurde. This study has examined the drainage basin morphometric parameters of river lamurde and its implication on hydrologic and geomorphic processes. Quantitative analysis of morphometry on ribb and gumara. 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 of a semi urban watershed, trans. Pdf morphometric analysis of kadvi river basin, maharashtra. Quantitative morphometric analysis of drainage basins was begun in the middle of the 20th century, based on. In general, drainage basin height, slope steepness, stream channel gradient, and drainage density show a. Morphometric analyses require measurement of linear features, gradient of channel network and contributing ground slopes of the drainage basin nautiyal, 1994. Quantitative techniques have been applied to study the morphometricpropertiesofdi erentdrainagebasinsinindia. Morphometric analysis of vishav drainage basin using geo.
It is a measure of the shape of the river basin and it depends on the climatic and geologic types. Pdf morphometric analysis of a phulambri river drainage. Road,kolkata, india department of remote sensing and gis, vidyasagar university, medinipur, india. Watershed prioritization for the present study is done via morphometric analysis. Statistical analysis aids in reducing this complexity in drainage basin research 26 27, using a wide variety of. Quantitative analysis of the drainage and morphometric. An introduction to physical geography 5th edition, prentice hall, new jersey. This is the most common technique in basin analysis, as morphometry form an ideal areal unit for interpretation and analysis. Analysis of drainage basin morphometry based on multivariate statistical methods was achieved to delimit morphological regions in southwest uganda 31 32. Research article morphometry governs the dynamics of a. According to strahler 1964, the smallest fingertip tributaries are designated as order 1. The development of the nature and type of drainage network pattern is. Morphometric analysis of the sub watersheds in oguta area, southeastern nigeria using gis processed remote sensing data was carried out with the objectives of evaluating their morphometric characteristics and other landuselandcover dynamics.
Morphometric analysis quantitatively describes drainage systems to. The watershed of the mhadei river is an integral part of the mandovi river basin fig. The shuttle radar topographic mission srtm30 m resolution data have been used for morphometric. Morphometric analysis of linear and shape parameters are the. Abstract hydrological analysis and performance of watershed depends on the geo morphometric individuality of basin. Quantitative morphometric analysis of drainage basins. The present study has been carried out in kakoi river watershed. Geographical information system has been used for the calculation and delineation of the morphometric characteristics of the basin. Various morphometric parameters of the drainage basin were calculated based on literatures. Morphometric analysis of a drainage basin using geographical information system. Morphometric analysis is defined as the quantitative measurement of landscape shape. 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 kakoi river watershed for study.
A gisbased approach in drainage morphometric analysis of. Assessment of drainage and their relative parameters have been quantitatively carried out for the morar river basin, which has made positive scientific contribution for the local people of area for the sustainable water resource development and management. In the following sections the drainage morphometric characteristics of the kodavanar sub basin. Location map of usri river basin results and discussions morphometric analysis of linear aspects of usri river basin. Research article morphometry governs the dynamics of a drainage basin. This study aims to define the drainage morphometry of reju khal drainage basin using shuttle radar topographic mission srtm digital elevation model dem data to evaluate the drainage condition of this river with the help of geographical. Quantitative analysis of geomorphometric parameters of. Morphometric analysis of a watershed provides a quantitative description of the drainage system which is an. A morphometric analysis of linear aspects of usri river basin. A global distributed basin morphometric dataset scientific data.
Calculates a bunch of morphometric parameters for a drainage basin. Morphometric analysis of gostani river basin in andhra. The measurement of the surface form of a drainage basin, and of the arrangement and organization of the associated river network. 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. Morphometric analysis in esna basin, using remote sensing. The study is mainly focused on morphometric analysis which revealed that the bhadar river basin is from first to seventh orders with dendritic type of drainage pattern. Hortonerosional development of streams and their drainage basins. The remote sensing technique is the convenient method for morphometric analysis as the satellite images provide a synoptic view of a large area and is very useful in the analysis of drainage basin morphometry. Quantitative morphometric analysis of a watershed of yamuna basin, india using aster dem data and gis kuldeep pareta, upasana pareta international journal of geomatics and geosciences volume 2 issue 1, 2011 249 assessing various terrain and morphometric parameters of the drainage basins and. The various above morphometric parameters such as linear, areal and relief aspect were used for this present studies. A dataset for the flood vulnerability assessment of the upper.
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