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A note on the avulsion of Ghagghar river in the alluvial plains of Punjab and Haryana, North-West India

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Ghagghar river in the alluvial plains of Punjab and Haryana, north-west India exhibits the phenomenon of avulsion in its middle and lower reaches. Study of aerial photographs shows that it has abandoned a 25 km long meander belt between Badshahpur and south of Jaswantpura which lies to the north of the present channel. The present channel course lies at a lower elevation on the flood plain away from the levee deposits which acted as an alluvial ridge.

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    S. Chopra & J. L. Thussu

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Chopra, S., Thussu, J.L. A note on the avulsion of Ghagghar river in the alluvial plains of Punjab and Haryana, North-West India. J Indian Soc Remote Sens 16, 39–40 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03014304

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