Spatial Distribution of Flood Affected Areas & Its? Impact on Agriculture: A Case Study of Murshidabad District, West Bengal, India
Journal: International Journal of Scientific Engineering and Research (IJSER) (Vol.3, No. 7)Publication Date: 2015-07-05
Authors : Aminuzzaman;
Page : 173-175
Keywords : Spatial Distribution of Flood Prone Areas; Net Sown Area (NSA); Cropping Intensity;
Abstract
The present Study is an attempt to study the Spatial Distribution of Flood Affected Areas and Its? Impact on Agriculture in the District of Murshidabad (India). Flood is an overflow of an expanse of water that submerges land. Flooding may result from the volume of water within a body of water, such as a river or lake, which overflows or breaks levees, with the result that some of the water escapes its usual boundaries. Murshidabad district is affected by frequent flooding, drainage congestion and bank erosion, resulting in extensive submergence of land, loss of life and property, loss of agriculture and dislocation of the communication system. From this study it was found that frequent occurrence of flooding as a resultant of damage agriculture system in the district.
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