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Flood Risk Assessment Using Remote Sensing and GIS For Anigunta Watershed, Telangana
Flood Risk Assessment Using Remote Sensing and GIS For Anigunta Watershed, Telangana
Abstract—Flood is one of the most devastating natural hazards which lead to the loss of lives, properties and resources. Floods resulting
from excessive rainfall within a short duration of time and consequent high river discharge damage crops and infrastructures. They also
result in siltation of the reservoirs and hence limit the capacity of existing dams to control floods. The purpose of flood risk assessment is to
identify the areas within a plan that are at risk of flooding based on factors that are relevant to flood risks. It has therefore become
important to create easily read, rapidly accessible flood map. Maps give a more direct and stronger impression of the spatial distribution of
the flood risk than other forms of presentation like verbal description and diagrams. Remote sensing (RS) is a reliable way of providing
required data over a wide area in a very cost-effective manner. It also overcomes the limitation of the ground stations to register data in an
extreme condition. This paper is aimed at assessing flood risk in the Anigunta region, Sangareddy district, Telangana state, India. Remote
sensing technology along with geographic information system (GIS) is the key tool for flood monitoring. The map will be made using
Geographic Information System (GIS). A GIS database of indicators for the evaluation of hazard will be created. The indicators are road
network, settlements, drainage, contours, Triangulated Irregular Network (TIN), Digital Elevation Model (DEM), slope, aspect, flow
accumulation, flow direction, Landuse-Landcover (LULC), soil map, Geomorphology, and Ground water maps. Each indicator will be
analyzed and weighted, after which, the weights of the indicators will be combined to obtain the final map. The results obtained can provide
useful information to suggest artificial recharge structures for decision making.
Index Terms—Flood risk, RS, GIS, artificial recharge structures, Overlay analysis, Raster calculator.
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1 INTRODUCTION
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3 IDEATION
The methodologies adopted for this study are as follows:
i. All the thematic maps such as road network and
settlements map, drainage map, contour map,
triangulated irregular network, digital elevation model,
slope, aspect, flow accumulation map, flow direction
map, soil map, geomorphology map, and groundwater
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carried out using the contours prepared for the study area. By
using the contours first step of surface analysis is carried out
by generating a triangulated irregular network.
The 2-D contours are converted into 3-D vector form and flat
triangles are formed between the contour intervals, so the gap
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1 Thick lateritic plateau 901.53 water from the watershed. These are made with locally
available materials and are temporary structures. These are
constructed across first and second order streams, with
2 Moderately thick lateritic 38.74
medium sloping areas. Seven check dams are proposed on
valleys first order streams most which are located in the western part
3 Moderately thick lateritic 536.73 of the study area and the remaining three on second-order
streams. Contour bunding is the semi-permanent measure,
plateau suitable for all areas irrespective of rainfall and types of soils.
Contour bunding is closely placed dense plantations like
Fig. 13. Soil map grasses, legumes, and shrubs etc. which are generally grown
in few parallel rows along the contours for effective control of
soil erosion in agricultural lands and for groundwater
recharge with flat to steep topography. Most of the contour
bunding is proposed in the western part of the study areas it
has a steep slope where the contours are concentrated
maximum.
Fig. 15. Proposed Action Plan for Anigunta watershed
5 CONCLUSION
Below are the few conclusions drawn from this study?
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