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Estimation of Various Geomorphometric Aspects of Kandra River Basin of Panhala Tehsil, Kolhapur District (M.S.)

  1. Jayantbabu Vithalrao Khanapurkar

Abstract

The term morphometry senses the measurement and analysis of form and its properties. Incontext of geomorphology, which is science of land forms, it is concerned with the variousgeometrical aspects of the landforms. It is inevitable in the study of fluvial geomorphology.Morphometric analysis particularly deals with quantitative measurements of different aspectslike linear, aerial and relief, for instance stream order, stream length, drainage density,drainage frequency, bifurcation ratio, constant channel maintenance etc. Kandra River one ofthe major tributaries of Warana River flows on southern part of Deccan Trap of Maharashtraand occupies an area of about 148sq. km. The stream orders of this basin range from first orderto fifth order. The dendritic drainage pattern indicates the homogeneity in texture and lack ofstructural control on the rocks of the area. The average drainage density of the river is 2.12;however it varies within the basin which detects the minor changes in the terrain configurationand gradient intensity and its aspects. Drainage frequency is also dynamic however, the averagedrainage frequency is 2.02 which is an outcome of the undulating and rugged terrain supportedby the constant of channel maintenance of basin that is 0.47 km2/km.Keywords: Stream orders, Dendritic drainage pattern, Drainage density, Drainage frequency.
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