A study on channel migration of the subansiri river in assam using remote sensing and gis technology

Current Science

Volumn 106, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1113-1120

  Gogoi, Chinmoyee ^a   Goswami, Dulal C ^a  

^a GAUHATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Channel migration; Erosion; Flood; Sedimentation; Subansiri river

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899054447     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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