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Watershed characterization and soil resource mapping for land use planning of Moolbari Watershed, Shimla District, Himachal [1]

Precise characterization and inventorization of soil resource of Moolbari watershed was undertaken using satellite imagery and Survey of India toposheets to generate several layers of maps such as watershed boundary, drainage, soils, land use and land cover, physiography, slope and soil erosion using Geographic Information System technique.

Publication Date: 
25/01/2010
S. P. Singh [2], C. S. Walia [3], R. P. Dhankar & et al [4]
Current Science [5]
98
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176
Tags:
Environment [6], Soil Resources [7], Soil Capability [8], Drainage [9], Watershed Development [10], Remote Sensing [11], Himachal Pradesh [12], Shimla (D) [13], Land Use [14]
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[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/himachal-pradesh
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/shimla-d
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land-use