AQUIFER MAPPING AND MANAGEMENT PLAN OF MALAPPURAM DISTRICT, KERALA
Category |
Aquifer Mapping |
State |
Kerala
|
District |
Malappuram |
Block |
Areakode Kalikavu Kondotty Kuttippuram Malappuram Mankada Nilambur Perinthalmanna Perumpadappu Ponnani Tanur Tirur Tirurangadi Vengara Wandoor |
Year of Issue |
2022 |
Number of Authors |
1 |
Name of Authors |
M SANTHANA SUBRAMANI |
Keywords |
NAQUIM Report, Data analysis and generation gap, Climate Rainfall, Irrigation Agriculture, Geology Geomorphology, Hydrogeology Drainage, Ground water Dynamic, Ground Water Quality, Aquifer Disposition. Aquifer Characteristics, Ground Water Resource, Ground water Related Issues, Management Strategies, |
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The landforms in the study area are carved out by a combination of fluvial and
denudational activities which can be grouped into erosional and depositional
landforms. The various geomorphic units that visible in the study area are Plateaus,
denudational hills, piedmont zone, pediplains, flood plain, coastal plains, etc.
The narrow coastal plain that persist on the western flank and corresponding
highly dissected pediplain towards east together represent a classical erosional
landforms developed by fluvial and denudational activities. These undulating pediplain
are frequently dissected with U shaped valleys in the midland area, on that account, it
exhibit the form of isolated low mounds. In totality the study area is characterized by
plateaus with pediplain.
Malappuram district is drained by three major rivers namely Kadalundi, Chaliyar
and Bharathapuzha from east to west. Among these three rivers Chaliyar and
Bharathapuzha are perennial and remaining got dried up in summer.
Malappuram District has a unique geological Setting on it, it attain geological significance for the type area of laterite, and was first identified in Angadipuram railway station by Francis Buchanan. Mostly district is underlain by Laterites and Crystalline rocks of Archaean Age, in addition to that along the western part a narrow stretch of Tertiary formations, overlaid by recent alluvial deposits are exposed. The following Stratigraphic succession is noticed in malappuram district