Consequences of Koshi flood 2008 in terms of sedimentation characteristics and agricultural practices

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• 作者：K. R. Kafle ; S. N. Khanal ; R. K. Dahal
• 关键词：Flood ; Agricultural practices ; Sediments
• 刊名：Geoenvironmental Disasters
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：December 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：4
• 期：1
• 全文大小：2105KB
• 刊物类别：Environment, general; Earth Sciences, general; Geography (general); Geoecology/Natural Processes; Na
• 刊物主题：Environment, general; Earth Sciences, general; Geography, general; Geoecology/Natural Processes; Natural Hazards; Environmental Science and Engineering;
• 出版者：Springer International Publishing
• ISSN：2197-8670
• 卷排序：4

文摘

BackgroundKoshi flood of August 2008 in eastern lowlands of Nepal affected around 2.64 million people in India and Nepal, including 65,000 people and 700 ha fertile land in Nepal. It was calculated that 25% of the affected cultivated land of Shreepur, Haripur and western Kushaha villages in Sunsari district are still barren and remain filled with flood sediment of sizes from clay to sand even after 8 years. The issues of land change from fertile to barren because of flooding and characteristics of the sediments in terms of cultivation are the foci of this research.