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With the help of the information drawn from a survey of India toposheet and by visual interpretation of satellite imagery of bands 2, 3 and 4, different thematic maps such as geomorphology and lineaments, drainage and land use, and land cover were prepared. These thematic maps have been superimposed and finally a groundwater potential zone map delineated on a survey of India toposheet. The whole block has been demarcated into 5 zones. Zones 1 and 2 are considered ideal groundwater potential areas, zone 3 is moderately ideal, and zones 4 and 5 are unfavourable for groundwater exploration. The validity of demarcation of the study area into different zones, as decided by remote sensing technology, has been justified by analysing the georesistivity sounding data of a number of places in this area. The net potential of the study area is estimated by GEC norm. It is observed that only 11.8% of annual utilisable groundwater is now used and there is vast scope of further exploitation of this resource.
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Panigrahi, B., Nayak, A.K. & Sharma, S.D. Application of remote sensing technology for groundwater potential evaluation. Water Resour Manage 9, 161–173 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00872127
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