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38 articles for “Catchments”
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Environmental Analysis of Marine Sediment Properties From Diverse Ecological Zones Of Pondicherry, India: A Study Supporting SDG 15 For Coastal Ecosystem Conservation
Abstract: The Research regarding the ecosystem examines the impact of anthropogenic activities on soil conditions and water resources in the Vaigai reservoir catchment area, aligning with SDG 15's targets for sustainable terrestrial ecosystem management. The research investigates how industrialization, urbanization, and modern agricultural practices affect soil properties and water resource quality. Physical parameters (moisture content, specific gravity, plasticity) and chemical properties (pH, electrical conductivity) were analyzed, along with soil nutrient levels …
Published in OmniScience: A Multi-disciplinary Journal · Vol. 15, Issue 2, 2025 Read article
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Estimation of Soil Erosion Using GIS in Pune District, Maharashtra
Abstract: The Varandha Ghats pans approximately 14.62 km 2 , where changes in temperature, vegetation, topography, and soil characteristics are causing continuous soil erosion. Catchment heterogeneity and climatic variations cause spatial variability in hydrological processes. Differences in land use, soil type, topography, and rainfall patterns influence how water moves and accumulates across regions, resulting in diverse hydrological responses. This complexity challenges accurate modeling and effective water resource management strategies across variable …
Published in Journal of Remote Sensing & GIS · Vol. 16, Issue 2, 2025 · pp. 26–33 Read article
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Preliminary Survey & Documentation of Wetland Macrophyte Diversity from Chargaon Lake in Warora Taluka, Dist. Chandrapur Maharashtra, India
Abstract: Wetland macrophytes are most diverse group of aquatic macroscopic Angiosperms that has great ecological influence on wetland ecosystem, plays significant role in every food chain operated in aquatic ecosystem. Present study site has a total catchment area of 14.83 thousand hectors constructed in the year 1983 mainly for irrigation practices to nearby villages. The aim of present study is to conduct preliminary survey followed by proper documentation of floral diversity …
Published in Research & Reviews : Journal of Botany · Vol. 15, Issue 1, 2026 · pp. 1–7 Read article
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Physiographic, Climatic, and Hydrogeological Determinants of Urban Flooding in Bhopal: A Spatial Assessment
Abstract: Bhopal, capital city of Madhya Pradesh, is uniquely shaped by hilly terrain, lake systems, and complex hydrogeological characteristics, which historically supported efficient natural drainage. However, rapid urbanization, encroachment, and alterations in land use have increasingly disrupted these natural systems, amplifying the city’s susceptibility to urban flooding. The city’s physiography, defined by five major hills, undulating slopes, and a network of natural drainage channels, directs runoff toward low-lying zones that frequently …
Published in Journal of Water Resource Engineering and Management · Vol. 13, Issue 1, 2026 · pp. 25–32 Read article
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Flood Risk Assessment of Nowshera City and Remediation
Abstract: The climate change during the year 2010 showed an abrupt change and resulted in catastrophic floods in Pakistan and especially in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK). Thereby, there is a dire need of identifying the flood-prone areas and emplacement of flood protection structures at Nowshera city to protect the precious lives of the inhabitants and infrastructure. This paper focuses on identification of flood-prone areas, with a view to suggest remediation against flood …
Published in Journal of Industrial Safety Engineering · Vol. 1, Issue 3, 2014 · pp. 11–17 Read article
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Radial Basis Function Neural Networks for Rainfall-Runoff Modeling
Abstract: Rainfall-runoff process is purely nonlinear and varies spatially as well as temporally. Any hydrological model requires many parameters which represent different components of the process. Availability of all the parameters is difficult for any catchment and probabilistic generation of such type of data is impossible. Under such circumstances, artificial neural networks (ANNs) have proven to be a better tool to model the rainfall-runoff process with minimum available data. The present …
Published in Journal of Water Resource Engineering and Management · Vol. 1, Issue 2, 2014 · pp. 11–18 Read article
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An Assessment of CartoDEM v1 over National Capital Region of India
Abstract: The most reliable and common source of elevation information for a given region has always been topo-sheet maps. However, other sources of elevation are now freely available with the advancement in the technology. SRTM DEM and ASTER DEM are the best examples of such freely available elevation sources. Still there is constantly a demand of better elevation data among the users. Recently, National Remote Sensing Center, India released CartoDEM v1. …
Published in Journal of Water Resource Engineering and Management · Vol. 3, Issue 3, 2016 · pp. 11–37 Read article
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Flood Analysis Using Integrated HEC-RAS and GIS: A Case Study of Nashik city, India
Abstract: The developmental activities in the urban areas are severely affecting the river flow pattern of the rivers; especially the rivers which pass through the urban habitation are causing heavy floods. The effect of encroachment in the city limits due to urbanization reduces the flow path of rivers causing flooding in adjacent areas. The available data indicates that causalities due to increased frequency of occurrence of flood have increased from 1000 …
Published in Journal of Water Resource Engineering and Management · Vol. 6, Issue 3, 2019 · pp. 15–24 Read article
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The climate change analysis on water resources over western Ghat by deficit calculation method
Abstract: The objective of this work is to study the extreme hydrological events and climate change impact on water resources over western Ghat. The western ghat is spread over the area 140 thousand square kilometers and 2600 meter of average elevation. The 1600 Km long western ghat is biodiversity hotspot and home of different species it also forms the catchment which drains over one-third of India. To analyze the extreme hydrological …
Published in Journal of Water Resource Engineering and Management · Vol. 7, Issue 1, 2020 · pp. 16–35 Read article
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Applicability of SWMM Model for Urban Flood Forecasting: A Review
Abstract: Urbanization, the major goal for the emerging economies, with which come the major concerns, flood conditions being one of them. The huge losses of infrastructure and lives have alarmed us with the need to tackle this situation in an effective and sustainable manner. Flood forecasting and its management is the only sail through the narrow gap between the disasters and prosperity. Precipitation is the major component of the hydrologic cycle …
Published in Journal of Water Resource Engineering and Management · Vol. 4, Issue 2, 2017 · pp. 1–4 Read article
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Performance Evaluation of Segmentation Algorithms for Apple Fruit Grading
Abstract: For supplying high-quality food products within a short time, automated grading of fruits is getting special attention. Fruit grading technique will grade the fruits using their shapes, color and outer look. This emphasizes the necessity of image segmentation which extracts important features from an image. This paper consists of analysis of different segmentation algorithms for detecting damage part of fruit. Marker-based watershed algorithm uses internal and external markers to locate …
Published in Journal of Image Processing & Pattern Recognition Progress · Vol. 1, Issue 2, 2014 · pp. 34–40 Read article
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GIS Based Storm Water Management System for Rapidly Growing Urban Areas: A Case Study
Abstract: Rapid urbanization and changing land use have resulted in changes in the quality and quantity of urban runoff. A correlation between changes in land use and characteristics of urban runoff has been established. Therefore, there is a need to evolve a suitable dynamic system for stormwater management of rapidly growing urban areas. This paper demonstrates the use of remote sensing combined with GIS to model and manage stormwater in a …
Published in Journal of Remote Sensing & GIS · Vol. 4, Issue 3, 2013 · pp. 45–51 Read article
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Anthropogenic Land Use Change Detection in a Kashmir Himalayan Watershed – A Remote Sensing and GIS Approach
Abstract: Watersheds are ubiquitous units that can be seen as the physical foundation of the nation. They have long been recognized as desirable units for planning and implementing developmental programs. Human impact on the watersheds is increasing day by day. The alteration of land use pattern in the Himalayan watersheds is increasing the vulnerability of these inherently fragile ecosystems. The present study is conducted in a Himalayan watershed of Lidder catchment …
Published in Journal of Remote Sensing & GIS · Vol. 5, Issue 1, 2014 · pp. 34–42 Read article
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Geomorphometric Characteristics and Associated Land Use/Land Cover in Sajnam Basin: A Remote Sensing and GIS Based Approach
Abstract: The present study makes an attempt to assess drainage basin characteristics of Sajnam watershed situated in Lalitpur district of Bundelkhand region, Uttar Pradesh. The basin covering an area of 995.87 km2 was delineated on Arc map software using Arc hydro tool and the ASTER data. Elevation and slope map were prepared using ASTER data and the maximum and minimum elevation encountered in the area are 283 meter and 563 meters …
Published in Journal of Remote Sensing & GIS · Vol. 8, Issue 3, 2017 · pp. 22–32 Read article
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Prioritization, Characterization and Geo-spatial Location of River Training Structures for Vrishabhavathi River using GIS Techniques
Abstract: Bengaluru drainage characteristics of natural catchments have drastically altered due to unplanned urbanization, increasing volume and rate of surface runoff. The frequent blockage of drainage system due to indiscriminate disposal of solid waste, encroachment of wetlands and increasing volume of flow makes coping up and worsening the present drainage systems. These problems of urban floods can be prevented by taking necessary precautions in places where these urban floods could occur. …
Published in Journal of Remote Sensing & GIS · Vol. 8, Issue 3, 2017 · pp. 33–45 Read article
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Status of Water and Water Pollution
Abstract: The rapid population growth, unplanned industrialization, and urbanization during the last century, gave rise to several undesirable conditions, including increased amount of wastewater generation. At one hand, demand of fresh water was increased continuously during the last decade and on the other hand volume of wastewater generation was also increased which puts a pressure on this valuable resource. India is dealing with a severe and growing water issue. The catchments, …
Published in Journal of Water Pollution & Purification Research · Vol. 9, Issue 3, 2022 · pp. 9–15 Read article
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Erosion and Sediment Yield Modeling with USLE, Arc GIS and SWAT
Abstract: The economy of most of the people in India is mainly based on rain fed agriculture. Theagriculture yield primarily depends on the availability of good productive soil and sufficientquantity of availability of water. In the past, in many areas both were available but recently itis observed that due to various abnormal natural processes and excessive human interferencein the natural processes, the soil layer with nutrient from fertile land is getting …
Published in Journal of Remote Sensing & GIS · Vol. 11, Issue 1, 2020 · pp. 55–62 Read article
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Land Use/Land Cover Change Detection of Indira Sagar Canal Command Area Using Integrated Remote Sensing and GIS Tools
Abstract: In recent years, the significance of spatial data technologies, especially the application of remotely sensed data and geographical information systems (GIS), has been widely used. Land cover/land use is one of the influencing factors when it comes to catchment runoff. Hence, it is necessary to carefully consider both spectral and spatial characteristics of the sensor and accuracy of representative areas of predefined classes. The current study explores the change in …
Published in Research & Reviews : Journal of Space Science & Technology · Vol. 2, Issue 2, 2013 · pp. 27–35 Read article