LINEAR MORPHOMETRY OF PINDAR BASIN UTTARAKHAND, LESSER HIMALAYA.
- HNB Garhwal University, Srinagar, Uttarakhand.
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Morphometry is a measurement and mathematical analysis of the configuration of earth surface, the shape and dimensions of its landforms. Keeping these facts in view, in present paper attempts has been made to quantify the drainage properties of the Pindar basin. There 53 drainage basin of fourth order of Pindar basin has also been analyzed with particular emphasis on lithological and terrain conditions. The main objective of the present study is an attempt to find out the topological characteristics of the river segments, with the help of geomorphic properties (linear). Some of the most important elements of fluvial Morphometry have been taken into consideration for Pindar Basin which is left bank tributary of the Alakananda River. The Pindar basin presents some unique morphometry of the drainage basin. The present study has been carried out with the help of different morphometric attributes, namely stream order, stream number, stream length, mean stream length, bifurcation ratio, fitness index, wandering index and Length of overland flow. The results confirm except for few basins, with Horton?s law due to variations in lithological conditions.
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[*Vikram Sharma and Bhanu Prashad Nathani. (2017); LINEAR MORPHOMETRY OF PINDAR BASIN UTTARAKHAND, LESSER HIMALAYA. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Aug). 1887-1903] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com
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