BibTeX:

@article{IJIRSTV2I1013,
     title={Prioritization using Morphometric Analysis and Land use/Land Cover Parameters for Vazhichal Watershed using Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques},
     author={Suji V R, Sheeja R V and Karuppasamy S},
     journal={International Journal for Innovative Research in Science & Technology},
     volume={2},
     number={1},
     pages={61--68},
     year={},
     url={http://www.ijirst.org/articles/IJIRSTV2I1013.pdf},
     publisher={IJIRST (International Journal for Innovative Research in Science & Technology)},
}

Watershed prioritization has gained importance in natural resources management, especially in the context of watershed management. Vazhichal watershed is a constituent of the Neyyar river basin, in Tiruvanathapuram district and covers an area of 91.35km2. The Vazhichal watershed has been divided into eight sub- watersheds, designated as SW1 to SW8, for prioritization purpose. The prioritization of sub-watersheds has been done on the basis of morphometric parameters and land use/land cover categories. Various morphometric parameters have been determined for each sub -watershed and assigned rank on the basis of value/relationship with erodibility so as to arrive at a compound value for final ranking of sub watersheds. Land use /land cover mapping has been carried out using IRS LISS IV data. Based on morphometric land use /land cover analysis the sub-watersheds have been classified into very high, high, medium, and low in terms of priority for conservation and management of natural resources. The prioritization results based on morphomety reveal that only SW6 fall under very high priority, whereas SW2 & SW3 fall under very high priority on the basis of land use /land cover analysis. However on the integration of morphometery and land use /land cover SW1 & SW5 show common priority whereas rest have little or no correlation.

Morphometery, Prioritization, Land use/Land cover, Watershed