Impact of LULC changes on small watershed morphometry and delineation of sustainable conservation strategies for degraded transboundary rivers.

Anshumali, Rahul Kumar Pandey, Govind Kumar, Narendra Prasad, Amit Kumar, Sanjay Gogoi, Roja Eliza, Sanchit Kumar

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AnshumaliLaboratory of Biogeochemistry, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Room No 301, Dhanbad, 826004, Jharkhand, India. anshumali@iitism.ac.in.

Rahul Kumar PandeyLaboratory of Biogeochemistry, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Room No 301, Dhanbad, 826004, Jharkhand, India.

Govind KumarLaboratory of Biogeochemistry, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Room No 301, Dhanbad, 826004, Jharkhand, India.

Narendra PrasadLaboratory of Biogeochemistry, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Room No 301, Dhanbad, 826004, Jharkhand, India.

Amit KumarLaboratory of Biogeochemistry, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Room No 301, Dhanbad, 826004, Jharkhand, India.

Sanjay GogoiLaboratory of Biogeochemistry, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Room No 301, Dhanbad, 826004, Jharkhand, India.

Roja ElizaLaboratory of Biogeochemistry, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Room No 301, Dhanbad, 826004, Jharkhand, India.

Sanchit KumarLaboratory of Biogeochemistry, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Room No 301, Dhanbad, 826004, Jharkhand, India.

Funding

Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad IIT(ISM)/2021-22/826/INSTITUTEMinistry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change A-33015/1/2023-P.I/MoEF&CCMinistry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change A-33015/2/2022-P.I/MoEF&CC

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Abstract

Small streams in the large river basins are disappearing, and there is no update on their historical and current morphometric status. Field inventory and visual inspections quantified the impact of land use and land cover (LULC) change on the reference year morphometry (1970-1977) of seven watersheds and fifty-six subwatersheds, using drone imagery and Global Positioning System-based ground control points to refine the reference map and generate the current map (2021-2024). The decreasing stream number (Nu), stream length (Lu), and drainage density (Dd) (1) explained the mechanism of disappearing and shrinking large rivers; (2) classified seven watersheds and fifty-six subwatersheds into near threatened (NT), vulnerable (VU), endangered (EN), critically endangered (CR), and extinct (EX) categories; and (3) emphasized rejuvenation of 9,84,068 km of lost streams to restore Dd ≥ 2 km/km

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PMID40617856

DOI10.1038/s41598-025-08841-2

PMCPMC12228773

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