Unearthing Fluvial Anomalies: The Impact of Alluvial Composition on Drainage Patterns in the Kunur River Basin (West Bengal, India)
摘要
The departure of any element or feature from uniformity or a normal state is called an anomaly. The Kunur River is a 5th-order tributary of the Ajay. It has been flowing through Durgapur-Foridpur, Kanksa, Ausgram-I & II police stations and finally terminates into the Ajay River near Kogram village of the Mongalkote block. Older alluvium is found in the middle portion of this basin, and newer alluvium is found in the lower portion of this basin. The upper portion belongs to hilly area consists of Panchet formation like Sandstone, green and red clay. The high positive stream length anomaly has been found in the eastern portion and north-western portion of the basin. The high drainage density region consists hilly or mountain region and here the number of first order stream is high. Drainage density in newer alluvium is high due to regional slope of the basin. The maximum area of this basin is under the moderate drainage density. In the Kunur River basin (whole basin) the hierarchical anomaly index is 1.36. The values of hierarchical anomaly index (Δa) of sub-basins vary from 0.25 to 4.6. So, in different sub-basins perfect hierarchical network is not created.