GEOMORPHIC ASSESSMENT OF KOSI MEGA FAN HAZRD

Baby Maji*,Suvasish Karmokar** and Dr. Rupam Kumar Dutta***

Abstract: River Kosi has formed one of the world largest alluvial fan (25°2˝ to 26°48˝and 86°26˝to
87°28˝) covering an area of about 10000 sq km, extending in both Nepal and Bihar. An alluvial fan is a
cone shaped depositional features formed at the topographical break of mountain front or a high land.
There are various hydro geomorphic hazards, like river bank erosion, flood, avulsion, channel migration
etc occur in the Kosi fan area. Analyses of these hazards have been done in GIS environment using
topographical map, satellite images, geological map and SRTM Dem. Field investigation have been done
in some selected parts of the fan for ground truth verification.