Identification of sediment source and sink areas in a Himalayan watershed using GIS and remote sensing

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 623-639

  Jain, M K ^a   Mishra, S K ^a   Shah, R B ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^b Government of Nepal   (Nepal)

Author keywords

GIS; India; Remote sensing; Sediment yield; Soil erosion; Transport capacity; Transport limited accumulation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC VARIABLES; CLIMATIC VARIATION; DISCRETIZATIONS; EARTH'S SURFACE; GEOMORPHIC PROCESS; HIMALAYAN WATERSHEDS; PIXEL VALUES; RAINFALL DATA; REMOTE SENSING AND GIS; SEDIMENT OUTFLOW; SEDIMENT SOURCES; SEDIMENT YIELD; SEDIMENT YIELDS; SOIL EROSION; SPATIAL DOMAINS; SPATIAL INFORMATIONS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; SUB-AREAS; THEMATIC LAYERS; TRANSPORT CAPACITY;

CATCHMENTS; DATA PROCESSING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LANDFORMS; REMOTE SENSING; RUNOFF; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; WATERSHEDS;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CATCHMENT; GIS; MAP; REMOTE SENSING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELD; SOFTWARE; SOIL EROSION; SPATIAL DATA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION;

HIMALAYAS; INDIA;

EID: 77749316906     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.952     Document Type: Article

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