Watershed Approach and Definition Soil, water and vegetation are the basic resources on which the human being as well as the living beings primarily depend upon for livelihood and survival. So conservation of natural resources is one of the major concern. Watershed development has been considered as a strategy for protecting the lively hood of the people inhabiting in the fragile ecosystem and dry lands. Watershed means a geographical area which has a common drainage point. The other names commonly used to designate, this geographical entity are catchment and drainage basis. |  |
GIS based Watershed Planning |
Geographical Information System (GIS) has a key role in the grass root level planning. GIS will help the planners to redefine the objectives and ensure the utility of outcomes of different projects. GIS is a powerful tool for data collection, analysis and retrieve data from appropriate way. It is very easy to make watershed delineation with help of GIS soft ware. GIS will help you visualize the identified problems, priority of treatment by area wise, achievements of treatments and finally can audemars piguet replica measure overall development of Gramapanchayats. Satellite images, Cadastral Map, Land use Map, Surveyed watershed maps  and attribute data are major components to use for developing GIS based watershed system.