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Watershed characteristics are studied using aerial photographs for two streams (choes) in the KANDI area of Punjab. Characteristic mapped include, soil erosion, landuse, drainage, topography. The photointerpretation was supplemented with field checks of the interpreted data. The interpreted data shows large areas of soil eroded and the development of bad land due to large scale cutting of the vegetation both in the Siwalik Hills and KANDI area.
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Sharma, J.K., Kalia, M.M. Use of aerial photographs in the study of watershed characteristics. J Indian Soc Remote Sens 15, 1–6 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03017778
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03017778