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Appraisal of the erosion status in the eastern coastal region of India

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Title Appraisal of the erosion status in the eastern coastal region of India
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Creator Naik, B.S., Panda, R.K., Jakhar, P., Dass, A. and Madhu, M.
 
Subject Coastal ecosystem, Conservation measures, Erosion Index, Erosion Response Units (ERUs).
 
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Keeping in view the ecological importance of coastal ecosystem, an appraisal was carried out to explore the existing characteristic features, problems and status of erosion and its remedial measures for the conservation and management of valuable coastal resources in respect of three states i.e. West Bengal, Odisha and Andhra Pradesh in the east coast. It is reported that 8.94 Mha area is under coastal belts in these three states. The inherent problems associated with this ecosystem are high population growth, over exploitation of natural resources, water logging, flood, cyclones, drought and salinity due to regular intrusion of sea water through tidal effects, congestion of drainage, water erosion, sand dunes, wind erosion etc. Odisha coast alone accounts for 40% of the total disturbance that affected East Coast of India. In West Bengal, coastal area of Sundarban is affected due to soil acidity problems and about 0.65 Mha land is facing salinity problem. Similarly, in Odisha, 0.4 Mha is affected by salinity problem spreading over four coastal districts of Odisha. The potential soil loss reported for Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and West Bengal are 407, 144 and 17 and annual EI30 of 400 – 600, 600 – 800 and 600 – 800 MJ.mm.ha−1. h−1, respectively. Major portion of the coastal areas of West Bengal, Odisha and Andhra Pradesh falls in soil loss category of
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Date 2018-12-04T04:17:44Z
2018-12-04T04:17:44Z
2013-08-22
 
Type Research Paper
 
Identifier Naik, B.S., Panda, R.K., Jakhar, P., Dass, A. and Madhu, M. 2013. Appraisal of the erosion status in the eastern coastal region of India. Indian Journal of Soil Conservation 41(2): 121-126
0976-1721
http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/15557
 
Language English
 
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Publisher Indian Associations of Soil & Water Conservationists