TR-127 : Geomorphological characteristics of western ghats Part III: Hemavati basin upto Sakleshpur

Abstract

The geomorphological characteristics of a watershed represents the attributes of the watershed and can be employed in synthesizing and understanding its hydrological behaviour. For hydrological purposes, the various geomorphological characteristics which are of importance can be broadly classified into following three groups :

(1) characteristics representing linear aspects of the basin, (2) characteristics representing areal aspects of the basin and (3) characteristics representing relief aspects of the basin.

In this study the above mentioned aspects of the Hemavati Basin upto Sakleshpur situated in the Western Ghats region are evaluated. The study may be useful at finding out effect of geomorphology on watershed runoff response and identifying those parameters which are more closely related to runoff in Western Ghat region.