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Flood hazard assessment of upper Jhelum basin using morphometric parameters

Authors: M. Sultan Bhat, Akhtar Alam, Shabir Ahmad, Hakim Farooq, Bashir Ahmad

Published in: Environmental Earth Sciences | Issue 2/2019

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Morphometric parameters can be useful tools to provide general understanding of physical characteristics of drainage basin with respect to floods. To evaluate the flood influencing factors in the upper Jhelum basin, we delineate the upper Jhelum basin into ten sub-basins, followed by extraction of drainage network and morphometric parameters using Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer digital elevation model and topographic maps in Geographic Information System. The overall flood potential was determined on the basis of compound value obtained for all morphometric parameters of each sub-basin. The analysis reveals that, in general, the northeastern segment of the upper Jhelum basin reveals comparative higher flood potential than the southwestern segment. The tributaries, such as Lidder, Veshav, Arapal, Arapat, and Bring, exhibit greater potential to produce peak flows during rainfall events, while the tributaries like Dudhganga, Rambiara, Sandran, Romushi, and Sasara express moderate-to-low flood potential, respectively. The results of this study are likely to be very useful for effective flood hazard mitigation in upper Jhelum floodplain.

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Title: Flood hazard assessment of upper Jhelum basin using morphometric parameters
Authors: M. Sultan Bhat
Akhtar Alam
Shabir Ahmad
Hakim Farooq
Bashir Ahmad
Publication date: 01-01-2019
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Environmental Earth Sciences / Issue 2/2019
Print ISSN: 1866-6280
Electronic ISSN: 1866-6299
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-019-8046-1

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