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Symposium on Remote Sensing for Resources Development and Environmental Management / Enschede / August 1986 
Application of remote sensing in hydromorphology for third world 
development: A resource development study in parts of Haryana 
(India) 
75.Extraction 
Physiographic 
pment. Water 
A.S.Jadhav 
Dept, of Geography, Vidyanagar, Kolhapur, India 
ABSTRACT: Remote sensing technique is nowadays being widely employed in various studies and 
exploratory work. In present study, remote sensing techniques both conventional and satellite, 
are used for collection of the information regarding distribution and quality of groundwater. 
The main aim of the study is to determine the nature of the distribution, depth and quality 
of groundwater. A special attention is given to delineate the saline water areas and fresh 
water pockets in the semiarid area in the parts of Haryana state of India. In present paper, 
the landscape method alongwith analysis of landforms for hydrological deciphering is applied. 
The study was carried out in three stages i.e. prefield interpretation, field work and post 
field work. Aerial photographs, imagery and toposheets were chief tools used in the study. 
It is found that potable water pockets can easily be located with help of remote sensing 
techniques. The occurrance, distribution and degree for salinity of groundwater is closely 
associated with geomorphological processes and landforms of the region. 
1 INTRODUCTION 
Whether for irrigation, power generation, 
drinking, industry or recreation, water 
(surface and groundwater) is one of the 
critical resources and it is a subject matter 
of hydrology. Remote sensing can be used in 
variety of ways to help monitoring the quali 
ty, quantity and geographic distribution of 
the water. 
A precise geohydromorphological map gives 
a good deal of information on the ground- 
water potential of an area. The purpose of 
this study is to obtain information from 
aerial photographs and landsat imagery supple 
mented with fieldwork on quality, quantity 
and distribution of groundwater. 
2 GEOGRAPHICAL SET-UP OF STUDY AREA 
The study area is bounded by the latitude 
27°35’2" and 28°1 , 10" N. and the longitude 
76°58'27 M and 77°24' E. and covers the part 
of Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttarpradesh states 
of India. 
The topography is rugged and undulating 
with moderate to high hills. There are two 
main hill ranges in the region which run 
close and parallel to its west boundary in 
the north eastern direction. Beside these 
ranges, there are a few isolated hills sca 
ttered on the eastern side of Ajabgarh series. 
There are number of streams which do not meet 
any major stream or river and disappear 
beneath the permeable surface of the sandy 
plain and alluvial plain. 
The region experiences semiarid climate 
characterised by extreme climatic conditions 
during summer and winter months with appreci 
able range in diurinal temperatures. The 
rainy season is much shorter in duration; 
the rains are higher and often irregular. 
During the greater part of the year, the 
weather is hot, dry and often dusty. The 
rains occur in the form of the sudden heavy 
thunder showers, intersparsed with short 
spells of fair weather. The essential fea 
ture of the climate is that potential évapo 
transpiration from soil and vegetation 
exceeds the average annual precipitation. 
As a result of the rainfall deficiency, there 
is no constant supply of groundwater. In such 
climatic zone, increasing aridity is marked 
by a gradual deterioration in the vegetal 
cover from poor grass land and scrub with 
some bare patches of rock or soil through a 
wide variety of semiarid plant community. 
The annual rainfall in the region varies 
from 500 mm. to 800 mm. and about 60 to 75% 
of the annual rainfall occurs during the 
rainy season. The annual mean temperature 
varies between 11°C and 35°G. 
3 METHOD AND MATERIAL 
The studies on groundwater resources manage 
ment are carried out in laboratory by using 
aerial photographs (black 8. white) on scale 
1:50,000, landsat imagery (FCG and band 5,6 
and 7). In subsequent phase, the interpre 
ted data were varified and confirmed in 
field. In addition, new data was collected 
by a few observations and checking of the 
critical sections. The information regarding 
groundwater condition and quality was colle 
cted from unpublished official records. The 
entire photo coverage of the area was exami 
ned in the laboratory during the post field 
work and the information was revised in 
accordance with the field observation, the 
data collected during the field traverses 
and the data collected from governmental and 
non-governmental agencies. The maps and 
plans were finalized and redrawn. 
4 WATER BEARING PROPERTIES 
In the study area quartzite and quaternary 
deposits have different water bearing 
properties. 
4.1 Alwar series 
Rocks of Alwar series of Delhi system include 
massive, very thickly carbonacious phylite, 
garnateferous mica schist, schist and stauro- 
lite schist. Groundwater in these rocks 
occurs and moves through the joints, fractu 
res, foliation plane and weathered zones. 
Well tapping these formations yields discharge 
ranging from 40 to 80 cubic metres per day.