Factors influencing the sinuosity of Pannagon River, Kottayam, Kerala, India: An assessment using remote sensing and GIS

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 138, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 173-180

  Aswathy, M V ^a   Vijith, H ^a   Satheesh, R ^a  

^a MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

LISS III; Pannagon; Rriparian vegetation; Sinuosity; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS; FLOODPLAIN; GEOLOGICAL FACTORS; RIPARIAN VEGETATION;

RIVERS;

RIVER WATER;

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; CURRENT MEANDERING; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; GIS; IRS (SATELLITE); LISS; REMOTE SENSING; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; TECTONICS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIELD STUDY; FLOODPLAIN; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GEOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; INDIA; REMOTE SENSING; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; RIVER; SURFACE WATER HYDROLOGY; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION; WATER FLOW; WATER STRUCTURE;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOLOGY; INDIA; RIVERS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KERALA; KOTTAYAM; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 39049139181     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-9755-6     Document Type: Article

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