Factors influencing the sinuosity of Pannagon River, Kottayam, Kerala, India: An assessment using remote sensing and GIS |
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Authors: | M V Aswathy H Vijith R Satheesh |
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Institution: | (1) Centralized Remote Sensing and GIS Facility, School of Environmental Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, 686 008, Kerala, India |
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Abstract: | The present study was carried out to identify the factors influencing the sinuosity of the Pannagon river, using the IRS P6
LISS III data and Geographical Information System (GIS) on 1:50,000 scale. The river follows meandering course and exhibits
a narrow, highly sinuous and incised channel. Several lines of evidence including satellite and topographic data, geological
maps and field investigations and the generated themes on lithology, structure, geomorphology, slope, riparian vegetation
and hydrology have analyzed to understand the controls on the channel morphology of the Pannagon river. The average of sinuosity
index of the selected reaches in the river on 1967 was 1.6 and of 2004 was 1.8. The sinuous patches are more in the lower
reaches of the river and most of the area comes under floodplain with thick column of alluvial deposits. The analysis shown
that the style and degree of sinuosity of the Pannagon river depends on a number of geological factors, including tectonics
and the riparian vegetation also plays a major role. |
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Keywords: | Sinuosity Pannagon LISS III Tectonics Rriparian vegetation |
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