Channel shifting of a highly sinuous meandering river in alluvial plain, Vishwamitri river, Mainland Gujarat

Current Science

Volumn 86, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1647-1653

  Raj, Rachna ^a   Mulchandani, N ^a   Bhandari, S ^a   Maurya, D M ^a   Chamyal, L S ^a  

^a M S UNIVERSITY OF BARODA   (India)

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