A GEO-SPATIAL APPROACH TO THE LAND USE/LAND COVER MAPPING OF THE KANDIVALASA RIVER BASIN VIZIANAGARAM DISTRICT ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA

In the present investigation, the land use/land cover mapping of Ananthapur district in the state of Andhra Pradesh has been carried out using SENTINEL - 2A satellite (February -25, 2019) Spatial Resolution 10m, Multispectral, Digital data imagery on 1:50,000 scale by visual interpretation techniques. The identified land use / land cover features are Agriculture Plantation, Barren rocky, Built up - Urban, Canal / drain, Coastal, Cropped in 2 seasons Dense / Closed, Fallow land, Industrial area, Kharif, Mining - Active, Non Perennial, Open Scrub forest Perennial, Permanent, Quarry, Rabi, Mining / Quarry, Built up -Rural, Scrub forest Reservoir / Tank. Out of all these features, the maximum area is covered by Kharif +Rabi (double-cropped) (19.76%) followed by Kharif (single crop) (50.74%), Plantation (1.46 %) and Wastelands, hills with scrub (5.64%).