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The dynamicity of the channel is the main characteristic of the Raidak-I River in the eastern Himalayan foothill. The present study evaluates riverbank migration in association with erosion–deposition changes along the river Raidak-I using DSAS models. The present work intends to evaluate the relationship between the riverbank erosion–deposition and geomorphological and tectonic adjustment. For the study, earth observatory data like MSS, TM, ETM+ and OLI datasets of 1972, 1979, 1987, 1995, 2003, 2011, and 2020 have been used to demarcate the bankline position. Temporal analysis reveals that the river has changed its bank position by extensive erosion-accretion processes and modified its floodplain area uses significantly. The historical positions of both banklines indicate that a large portion of the floodplain area depicts an erosion-accretion sequence with time. In the timeframe of the last 48 years, the Raidak-I River has an average erosion–deposition at −0.23 m/year on the right bank and 1.57 m/y on the left bank. A general observation from this research is that the most dynamic or migrant part of the river is zone A and zone B compared to zone C which is relatively stable. In this study, the river course in zone C (both banks) is the most dynamic part of this entire river. The changes by the direct effect of banking migration have a bad impact on the dwellers of the floodplain adjacent village area of the river. The results of this study can represent an important indicator of the vulnerability of the Raidak-I River buffer area and also provide information about the geomorphological instabilities of the study area.
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Hasanuzzaman, M., Shit, P.K., Islam, A. (2022). Role of Active Tectonism and Geomorphic Drivers on Channel Oscillation of the Raidak-I River in the Eastern Himalayan Foothills, India. In: Bhattacharya, H.N., Bhattacharya, S., Das, B.C., Islam, A. (eds) Himalayan Neotectonics and Channel Evolution. Society of Earth Scientists Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95435-2_13
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