Determination of Stages of Landscape Evolution of Sankha Nadi, Jharkhand; an Integrated Approach of Morphometry and GIS

Abstract

The idea of stages of landscape evolution related to Davis. With this kind of understanding we can easily understand the nature and the present geomorphological status of that particular drainage basin as well as the rate of erosional activity going on. In understanding the stage of landscape evolution we have derived chief and dominant variables, with the help of GIS, responsible for the present day landscape as it play a significant role for shaping the landscape, and through discussion and analysis of these variables we come to an end.

Keywords: Stages of landscape evolution, Geomorphological status, Sankha Nadi,