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Title: | Assessment of Soil Erosion Using Remote sensing and GIS in Nagpur District, Maharashtra, for Prioritization and Delineation of Conservation Units |
Other Titles: | Not Available |
Authors: | C.V.Srinivas, A.K. Maji, G.P. Obi Reddy, and G.R.Chary |
ICAR Data Use Licennce: | http://krishi.icar.gov.in/PDF/ICAR_Data_Use_Licence.pdf |
Author's Affiliated institute: | ICAR::National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning |
Published/ Complete Date: | 2002-12-31 |
Project Code: | Not Available |
Keywords: | Soil Erosion, Remote sensing, GIS, Nagpur District, Maharashtra |
Publisher: | Indian Society of Remote Sensing |
Citation: | Srinivas, C.V., Maji, A.K., Obi Reddy, G.P. and Chary, G.R. (2002). Assessment of Soil Erosion Using Remote sensing and GIS in Nagpur District, Maharashtra, for Prioritization and Delineation of Conservation Units, Jour. of Indian Society of Remote sensing, Vol.30, No.4, pp.197-211. |
Series/Report no.: | Not Available; |
Abstract/Description: | In the present study, soil loss in Nagpur district of Maharashtra is predicted employing USLE method and adopting integrated analysis in GIS to prioritise the tehsils for soil conservation and for delineation of suitable conservation units. Remote sensing techniques are applied to delineate the land cover of the district and to arrive at annual cover factors. Results indicate that potential soil loss of very slight to slight (>5-10 tons/ha/year) exist in the valleys in north western, northern and in the plains of central and eastern parts of the district.- Moderate to moderately severe erosion rates (10 to 20 tones/ha/year) is noticed in the south- eastern and some central parts. Severe, very severe and extremely severe erosion types (20 to 80 tons/ha/year) are noticed in the northern, western, southwestern and southern parts of the district. The average soil loss is estimated to be 23.1 and 15.5 tons/ha/yr under potential and actual conditions respectively. Slight, moderate, moderately severe and extremely severe potential erosion covering about 41 per cent area of the district is reduced to negligible and very slight rates of actual erosion under the influence of present land cover leading to a reduction of 7421.2 tones of potential soil loss. Priority rating of the tahsils is evaluated from the area weighted mean quantum of soil loss. Multi-criteria overlay analysis with the parameters of soil erosion, slope, soil depth, land cover and surface texture with rating for the constituent classes has resulted in delineation of nine conservation units. Appropriate agronomic and mechanical practices are suggested in the identified units for minimizing the erosion hazard. |
Description: | Not Available |
ISSN: | Not Available |
Type(s) of content: | Research Paper |
Sponsors: | Not Available |
Language: | English |
Name of Journal: | Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing |
NAAS Rating: | 7 |
Volume No.: | 30(4) |
Page Number: | 197-211 |
Name of the Division/Regional Station: | Not Available |
Source, DOI or any other URL: | Not Available |
URI: | http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/36212 |
Appears in Collections: | NRM-NBSSLUP-Publication |
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