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K. Solaimani

Abstract

Remote sensing of fluvial landforms in the Lar basin, Iran K. Solaimani Department of Watershed Management, Mazandaran University, Iran Abstract *•» The Lar River basin in northern Iran is 780 km in area, and reaches a maximum elevation of 5671m. It has a semi-arid climate and contains mountainous terrain, dissected by deep river valleys. The Lar valley has been dammed near Polour to provide a water supply for Tehran. The reservoir created by this dam is subject to sedimentation as bedload and suspended load is delivered from throughout the catchment. It is also subject to leakage due to being partly constructed on limestone terrain. To assist in management of the reservoir, information is required about erosion and sediment transfer processes in the basin. Field studies of these processes are made difficulty by the nature of the terrain and the basin size. A range of remotely sensed data types was thus to describe the landforms

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