Prioritization of Malesari mini-watersheds through morphometric analysis: A remote sensing and GIS perspective

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2643-2656

  Patel, Dhruvesh P ^a   Gajjar, Chintan A ^b   Srivastava, Prashant K ^c  

^a Dr Jivraj Mehta Institute of Technology ^*  (India)

^b Civil Engineering Department   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

GIS; Morphometric analysis; Prioritization; Remote sensing; Watershed

Indexed keywords

REMOTE SENSING; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); TEXTURES; TOPOGRAPHY; WATER CONSERVATION; WATERSHEDS;

BIFURCATION RATIO; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DIGITIZED CONTOURS; MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS; PRIORITIZATION; REMOTE SENSING AND GIS; SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION; STREAM FREQUENCIES;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GIS; MORPHOMETRY; PARAMETERIZATION; REMOTE SENSING; WATER RESOURCE; WATERSHED;

BHAVNAGAR; GUJARAT; INDIA;

EID: 84893869322     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-012-2086-0     Document Type: Article

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