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Man has had to live with floods since the very inception of his existence. Fury of flood causes heavy damages to both life and property. Accurate flood inundation data is one of the essential requirements for effective management of flood problem. Remote Sensing methods are well suited for acquiring flood inundation data because of synoptic, repetitive coverage of the satellite data. This paper briefs on an attempt to map flood inundated areas in a part of Mahanadi river basin using remote sensing data.
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Kumar, A., Chhonkar, R.P.S. Flood inundation mapping in a part of Mahanadi river basin. J Indian Soc Remote Sens 17, 13–16 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02995960
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02995960