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Abstract

Doon valley in lower Shiwalik hills of Uttarakhand is infested with large number of seasonal hill rivers originated from Shiwalik hills. The flash flood in the torrent as the peak storm during rainy season caused severe main problems as land erosion and the flood water often inundated the household properties, death of livestock and flooding in agricultural fields. In the study , Sabhawala watershed area land damaged by uncontrolled torrent flow during monsoon period which is very severe to watershed in particular affecting 257.78 ha out of total 1173.6 ha (21.96 %) watershed area. The present paper conclude that bio-engineering measures are essential for the protection and rehabilitation of seasonal rivers affected agricultural area for sustainable conservation of agriculture land resource

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Torrent Torrential watershed Bioengineering measures Shiwalik region

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Kamboj, N. (2010). Seasonal hill River problems and their bio-engineering remedial measures in Shiwalik Himalaya. Environment Conservation Journal, 11(3), 171–176. https://doi.org/10.36953/ECJ.2010.110331

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