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Evaluation of groundwater potential zones using Remote Sensing data in upper Vaigai river basin, Tamil Nadu, India

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The area of upper Vaigai river basin covering parts of Madurai and Theni Districts, in Tamil Nadu, faces acute water scarcity and chronically drought prone. The groundwater resources in the area have not been fully exploited. The present investigation has been made to evaluate the potential zones for groundwater targeting using IRS - ID LISS III geocoded data on 1:50,000 scale. The geology, geomorphology, lineament tectonic maps are generated and integrated to evaluate the hydrogeomorphological characteristics of the upper Vaigai river basin and demarcate the groundwater potential zones. A number of geomorphic units have been observed. Out this the more groundwater prospective units are buried pediment medium, buried pediment deep, flood plain, bajada and lineament and intersection of lineaments. Non potential areas like pediment, pediment inselberg, shallow pediment and pediplain were identified.

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Sankar, K. Evaluation of groundwater potential zones using Remote Sensing data in upper Vaigai river basin, Tamil Nadu, India. J Indian Soc Remote Sens 30, 119–129 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02990644

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