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Application of GIS and RS for Morphometric Analysis of Upper Bhima Basin: A Case Study

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This study presents a morphometric analysis of Upper Bhima Basin (UBB), located in state of Maharahstra, India. Study area is in western part of Maharashtra State, which has a huge socio—economic impact as many towns and metros are emerged as important centres for employment, industrial hubs, and Information Technology (IT) parks. The study focuses only on the morphometric analysis of UBB. Analysis done using ArcGIS software, by digitizing the toposheets, georeferencing them and then analyzing in the GIS environment. The analysis revealed that the basin was of seventh order with dendritic type of drainage pattern. Results revealed that the value of bifurcation ratio Rb lies between 3 and 5. Values of drainage density range from 1.60 to 0.01 km/km2, indicating low drainage density. Average value of drainage density is 0.374 km/km2 for entire basin, so classifying the basin as coarse.

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    Amol D. Pawar

  2. Department of Civil Engineering, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal, India

    Jyoti Sarup & Sushil Kumar Mittal

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Pawar, A.D., Sarup, J. & Mittal, S.K. Application of GIS and RS for Morphometric Analysis of Upper Bhima Basin: A Case Study. J. Inst. Eng. India Ser. A 95, 249–257 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40030-014-0097-4

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