Browsing by Author "Sudhir Kumar Kumar Singh"

Now showing 1 - 2 of 2

Assessment of Soil and Sediment Loss in the Ken River Basin, Central India, Using RUSLE and InVEST SDR Models
(John Wiley and Sons Inc, 2025) Suresh Chandra Bhatt; Moirangthem Mourdhaja Singh; Sudhir Kumar Kumar Singh; Narendra Kumar Rana; Rakesh Kumar Kori; Adesh Patel; Hrithik Sachan
Assessing soil and sediment loss are the main aims of the paper using the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) and the InVEST SDR models in the Ken River Basin (KRB). The annual soil loss varied from few-ton/hectare/year to 1630.5. The high erosion susceptibility was prevalent in the elevated area and low soil erosion severity was seen in the low-lying plains of the middle and lower reaches. The maximum sediment export (430.16-ton/hectare/year) was noticed in the hills of the Vindhyans, Bundelkhand, and Deccan traps. Contrary to this the low sediment transport was observed in the flat alluvium plains. The conservation practices are slightly more effective in the KRB. Its crop cover reduces the impact of rain's kinetic energy, increase recharge, and mitigates soil erosion. These research output may be helpful to planners in minimizing soil and sediment loss and in enhancing the soil conservation and agricultural productivity. © 2025 Wiley Periodicals LLC.
Estimation of Morphometric and Morphotectonic Indices of the Kanhan River Basin, Central India, Implication for Susceptibility of Soil Erosion and Groundwater Potential
(Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2025) Suresh Chandra Bhatt; Moirangthem Mourdhaja Singh; Pallvi Rana; Adesh Patel; Narendra Kumar Rana; Sudhir Kumar Kumar Singh; Kaushal Kishor
The Kanhan River, the Wainganga’s longest tributary, runs through the central Indian districts of Chhindwara and Nagpur. The SRTM, remote sensing, and GIS data, were used to investigate morphometric and morphotectonic indices of the Kanhan River Basin and these parameters (linear, areal, and relief) were further employed to assess the vulnerability of the basin to soil erosion, flood hazards, groundwater potential, and tectonic activity. Several morphotectonic parameters including lineament, lineament density, sinuosity, hypsometric integral, and drainage basin asymmetry were estimated for the Kanhan River Basin (KRB). The lineament density was validated across five classes ranging from 0 to 0.91 km/km2. We observed that a high lineament density indicates a high ground water potentiality. The hypsometric integral value (HI = 0.315) suggests that the Kanhan River is in its old or monadnock stage. The Standard Sinuosity Index (SSI) infers that the river follows a sinuous course. The Hydraulic Sinuosity Index (HSI = 61%) suggests that the river has developed flood plains during excessive flooding. The transverse topographic symmetry (TTS) ranges from 0.07 to 0.57, which shows that the basin has an asymmetric nature. Based on these findings, we can interpret that the elongated basin dominated by the old stage is represented by low stream frequency, high permeability, mild slope, and low surface runoff. © The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2025.