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Land Use - Terrain Correlations in the Piedmont Tract of Eastern India: A Case Study of the Dulung River Basin

Land Use - Terrain Correlations in the Piedmont Tract of Eastern India: A Case Study of the Dulung River Basin

Ashis Sarkar, Priyank Pravin Patel
Copyright: © 2017 |Pages: 46
ISBN13: 9781522518143|ISBN10: 1522518142|EISBN13: 9781522518150
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-1814-3.ch008
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Sarkar, Ashis, and Priyank Pravin Patel. "Land Use - Terrain Correlations in the Piedmont Tract of Eastern India: A Case Study of the Dulung River Basin." Remote Sensing Techniques and GIS Applications in Earth and Environmental Studies, edited by Abhisek Santra and Shreyashi Santra Mitra, IGI Global, 2017, pp. 147-192. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1814-3.ch008

APA

Sarkar, A. & Patel, P. P. (2017). Land Use - Terrain Correlations in the Piedmont Tract of Eastern India: A Case Study of the Dulung River Basin. In A. Santra & S. Mitra (Eds.), Remote Sensing Techniques and GIS Applications in Earth and Environmental Studies (pp. 147-192). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1814-3.ch008

Chicago

Sarkar, Ashis, and Priyank Pravin Patel. "Land Use - Terrain Correlations in the Piedmont Tract of Eastern India: A Case Study of the Dulung River Basin." In Remote Sensing Techniques and GIS Applications in Earth and Environmental Studies, edited by Abhisek Santra and Shreyashi Santra Mitra, 147-192. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2017. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1814-3.ch008

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Abstract

The Dulung River flows across West Bengal and Jharkhand in India. The geographical variables present within the basin area are categorised into groups like Physiographic, Morphometric and Land Use-Land Cover (LULC) attributes. These facets are mapped and overlain in a GIS environment and correlations drawn between them. Factor Scores obtained through Principal Component Analysis are further compared and correlated. The different variables are fused to obtain a comprehensive grouping of the above three facets that is reflective of the overall terrain attributes and its overlying LULC classes. Through this, within the Dulung River Basin, three broad Physiographic-Soil-Land Use Units (PSLUs) are identified, which comprise of the structural ridges and residual hills, piedmont plains and floodplains. For further insight into existing LULC-landform relations, select villages across the basin landscape are examined in detail. The relations derived help in suggesting possible land management practices in this region.

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