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Recent Flood Event in Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India as Assessed Using Remote Sensing Data


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The Brahmaputra basin covers a geographical area of 580,000 km2, spreading over China, India, Bangladesh and Bhutan. India is the middle riparian country between China and Bangladesh on the Brahmaputra river which originates from the Angsi glacier in Tibet1. The catchment of the Brahmaputra within India spreads across the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, West Bengal, Nagaland and Sikkim. Flooding is a regular phenomenon in the lower catchment of the Brahmaputra.
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  • Recent Flood Event in Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India as Assessed Using Remote Sensing Data

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Surajit Ghosh
IORA Ecological Solutions Pvt Ltd, 225B, FF, Indraprastha, Gyanamandir Complex, Lado Sarai Village, New Delhi - 110030, India
Raj Kumar
IORA Ecological Solutions Pvt Ltd, 225B, FF, Indraprastha, Gyanamandir Complex, Lado Sarai Village, New Delhi - 110030, India
Uttara Pandey
IORA Ecological Solutions Pvt Ltd, 225B, FF, Indraprastha, Gyanamandir Complex, Lado Sarai Village, New Delhi - 110030, India
Parul Srivastava
IORA Ecological Solutions Pvt Ltd, 225B, FF, Indraprastha, Gyanamandir Complex, Lado Sarai Village, New Delhi - 110030, India
Swapan Mehra
IORA Ecological Solutions Pvt Ltd, 225B, FF, Indraprastha, Gyanamandir Complex, Lado Sarai Village, New Delhi - 110030, India

Abstract


The Brahmaputra basin covers a geographical area of 580,000 km2, spreading over China, India, Bangladesh and Bhutan. India is the middle riparian country between China and Bangladesh on the Brahmaputra river which originates from the Angsi glacier in Tibet1. The catchment of the Brahmaputra within India spreads across the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, West Bengal, Nagaland and Sikkim. Flooding is a regular phenomenon in the lower catchment of the Brahmaputra.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv115%2Fi5%2F821-822