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The present study aims to access the geomorphic analysis of the Baghain river basin and its implication on landscape evolution. Baghain river originates from the Panna hill, and flows through marginal and central Ganga plain. It empties itself in to Yamuna river near Chilla village, Banda district, Uttar Pradesh. The river basin comprises of three major geological units associated with this basin: Bundelkhand gneissic complex, Vindhyan Supergroup (hard rock terrain known as Panna hill) and Alluvial deposit (marginal Ganga plain and central Ganga plain). The current work focuses on study of morphometric parameters and geomorphic indices of Baghain river basin using digital elevation model (DEM) and topographic maps (1:50,000 scale). This basin exhibits four types of drainage patterns: dendritic, parallel, trellis and rectangular. Bifurcations ratio (4.82) of river basin suggest that the most part of the basin is not influenced by any geological structures. The elongation ratio (0.50) suggests that the basin is moderately elongated. The drainage density (0.62) and stream frequency (0.22) also suggest that the basin has moderate to high permeable and easily erodible alluvium terrain.
The escarpment height is low in the proximal part (Panna Hill) and high in the middle and distal parts of the basin (marginal Ganga plain and central Ganga plain, respectively. Asymmetric factor (52) shows a leftward tilt of the basin. The region lies under marginal Ganga plain, and Bundelkhand plateau. The sharp bend present is probably due to the lithological variation. It reflects moderate gradient in the upper part (Panna hill), steep gradient in the lower part (Panna hill), and low gradient in the marginal to central Ganga plain.
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The authors are thankful to the Head of Department of Geology, University of Lucknow, Lucknow, India for providing the working facilities. Pawan Kumar Gautam gratefully acknowledges the UGC RGNF Fellowship SRF (RGNF-2017-18-SC-UTT-34263) for pursuing a Ph.D. Degree at the University of Lucknow, Lucknow, India and Anoop Kumar Singh to SERB NPDF (PDF/2020/000251) for financial support.
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Gautam, P.K., Singh, D.S., Singh, A.K. et al. Geomorphic Analysis of Baghain River, Yamuna Basin, and its Implication for Drainage Characteristic and Tectonics using Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques. J Geol Soc India 98, 1573–1584 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12594-022-2214-8
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