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International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Volume XXXIX-B4, 2012 
XXII ISPRS Congress, 25 August — 01 September 2012, Melbourne, Australia 
EVALUATION OF CARTOSAT 1 PAN STEREO AND RESOURCESAT LISS 4 MSS 
MERGED DATA FOR MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS, DELINEATION OF DRAINAGE 
BASINS AND CODIFICATION IN TAMIL NADU, INDIA AND AUSTRALIA 
Ghouse Shaik Mohamed!*, Santhanaraman Srinivasan?, Rathinasabathy Pandian**, 
Radhika Janakiraman Gummidipoondi^', Ramakrishnan Venugopal Venkatchalam*#, Senthil Swaminathan.S6# 
Director Research,ghouse967(hotmail.com, 919444055 967 ?Dean,sanramansmailbox grediffmail.com, 
* Asst Proff?prethinasvahoo.com,*mradhi. 80 gmail com,’ vvramkee2k(g yahoo.co.in 6senthilswami2005( gmail.com, 
Sri Venkateswara college of Engineering and Technology, Thirupachur, Thiruvallur, 
Anna University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India 
  
Working Group: IV/3: Mapping from High Resolution Data 
KEY WORDS: Cartosat, High Resolution satellite, Micro watershed, Dr A.N.Khosla codification of watersheds 
ABSTRACT 
The Topographic maps and Aerial Photographs are used for morphometric analysis of drainage basins and mapping contours with 
drainage. The stereo pairs of 2.5 m resolution Cartosat 1, Indian satellite? and merged data with 5.5m resolution P6 Resourcesat 1 
LISS 4 Indian satellite of 2007 is used to map, rills, gullies and streams of first order to evaluate part of drainage basins of Cooum 
and Poondi Reservoir in Thiruvallur taluk of Tamil Nadu state. The Geo Eye latest 2011 data is also used with Cartosat 1 Stereo data 
to study present morphology of tiny micro watersheds to study the use of High resolution data for delineation and codification of 
watersheds. This study area is in an inter fluvial drainage basin of Cooum and Kusasthalai rivers. Kusasthalai river drains in Poondi 
reservoir which is about 50 Km from Chennai. The excess water from Kosasthalai is also diverted through Kesawaram weir to Cooum 
river which passes through Thiruvallur and Chennai city before it's confluence with Bay of Bengal in the east. As Cooum basin is at 
higher elevation, water for irrigation is again diverted through chain of tanks to Kusasthalai river basin to drain in Poondi reservoir. 
Delineation of water sheds in this fluvial basin is difficult by manual survey as man made irrigation channels, natural drainage 
streams etc., have to be clearly identified. The streams of various orders are identified based on Strahler stream order hierarchy of 
tributaries, slops and contours using large scale satellite data. The micro water sheds are delineated identifying the ridges from 
Cartosat data for this interfluves basin which has mild slop. To illustrate this research, parts of two micro watersheds which were 
delineated using 1:50000 data for Tamil Nadu watershed Atlas up to 7% order streams are taken up for a detailed study using high 
resolution data. 19 Micro watersheds with streams up to 10" order are mapped. The capability of the high resolution satellite data for 
digital as well as visual interpretation in conjunction with village cadastral maps has been studied. This research will be useful to 
consider creation of digital micro watershed atlas for management and protecting area affected by floods as well as for water and land 
resource management of the River basins in Queensland, New South whales, South Australia and Victoria states of Australia. The 
research explains the need of using steam orders, delineation and codification micro watersheds based the principles of 
Dr.A.N.Khosla. This methodology was used in creation of web site of Districts soil water shed atlas of Tamil Nadu state. With this 
principal of codification and delineation of watersheds based on stream order using stereo data of Cartosatl PAN 2.5 m data merged 
with Resourcesat LISS 4 data of 5.5m resolution and updating latest changes as on 2011 with non stereo Geo eye data of 0.5m 
resolution it is possible to create Australian micro water shed GIS with details of streams with various stream orders, drainage 
pattern, slope, micro water sheds boundary in 1:5000 scale to manage the flood prone drainage basin in Australia. The High 
resolution data of satellites data apart from creation Micro watershed GIS can be used for creation of Urban and Agricultural land 
parcel ownership details in Micro watershed GIS. 
1. INTRODUCTION: 
Aerial Photographs with Topographic maps are to have anaccurate data base to understand geomorphology, 
being used in 1:50000 scale for delineation of watersheds hydrology and landforms using higher resolution data because 
and study the geomorphology, estimation of run off and high resolution data is now normally used for Urban planning 
sediment yield to understand fluvial soil erosion. High or Agricultural Land parcels GIS. 
resolution satellite data like Cartosat series from India, Geo 
Eye and Spot are available now. This research, evaluate the 2. DR. A.N. KHOSLA'S WATER SHED 
use of high resolution satellite data for delineation of micro CODIFICATION ADOPTED IN TAMIL NADU, INDIA 
water sheds using Dr A.N.Khosla's principles using high 
resolution satellite data for a micro watershed in Thiruvallur India is delineated in to Six water resources regions 
district in Tamil Nadu. The need for micro watershed as suggested by Dr. A.N. Khosla "in 1949 by numbering 
codification in Australia with 1:10000/1:5000 scale is studied them in clockwise direction. They are: 
  
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