Watershed characteristics analysis of Nangavalli and Toppai Odai, Mattur Taluk, Salem District
International Journal of Development Research
Watershed characteristics analysis of Nangavalli and Toppai Odai, Mattur Taluk, Salem District
Received 18th August 2017; Received in revised form 29th September, 2017; Accepted 13th October, 2017; Published online 30th November, 2017
Copyright ©2017, Raja and Gunasekaran. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The land use pattern of a sub watershed is an outcome of both natural and socio-economic factors and their utilization by population in time and space. Land is becoming a scarce commodity due to immense agricultural and demographic pressure. Change in land use is a dynamic process taking place on the surface and it becomes most important factor for managing natural resources. In the current study Remote Sensing technique is used to analyses the Watershed characteristics analysis of Nangavalli and Toppai Odai, Mettur Taluk, Salem district.
