Assessing the instability and shifting character of the river bank Ganga In Manikchak Diara Of Malda District, West Bengal Using Bank Erosion Hazard Index (BEHI), RS & GIS

European Journal of Geography

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 6-25

  Mandal, Sujit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOUR BANGA   (India)

Author keywords

Bank erosion; Bank instability; Bank shifting; BEHI; RS GIS

Indexed keywords

EID: 85032226773     PISSN: 17921341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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