Watershed prioritization in some part of Wainganga river sub-basin, Central India inferred from remote sensing and GIS data
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https://doi.org/10.58825/jog.2025.19.1.84Keywords:
Wainganga River, Groundwater potential, thematic maps, GISAbstract
The study area is a part of Wainganga river sub-basin bounded by latitude and longitude 20015'00"to 20045'00"N and 79030'00"E to 80030'0"E which falls in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra. Geologically, the study area is mainly constituted by the rocks of Paleoproterozoic age with some patches of Late Permian-Early Triassic age in the central area and the northern and southern area is covered by Archean age while Paleoproterozoic-Mesoproterozoic and Quaternary age covered only northern area. Geomorphologically, the study area is covered majorly by alluvial and pediplain while pediments, plateau and denudational hills covered the western area. The study area is divided into four sub-basins: SW-1, SW-2, SW-3 and SW-4. Based on the morphometry, the sub-basins have been grouped into three categories, i.e., high priority, medium priority and low priority. SW-2 shows medium priority and remaining SW-1, SW-3 and SW-4 shows high priority respectively. The comprehensive use of GIS resulted in the development of an efficient and effective methodology of spatial data management and manipulation. The integration and analyses of various thematic maps and image data proved useful for the delineation of zones of groundwater potential.
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