Evaluation of Topographical Factors Influence on Agricultural Land in Poonch District of Jammu and Kashmir, India

Zaffar Iqbal; Mahalingam Bose  lowast; Tharayil Irshad

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DOI: 10.53989/bu.ga.v13i2.252

Year: 2024, Volume: 13, Issue: 2, Pages: 63-70

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Evaluation of Topographical Factors Influence on Agricultural Land in Poonch District of Jammu and Kashmir, India

Zaffar Iqbal¹, Mahalingam Bose^2∗, Tharayil Irshad¹

¹Research Scholar, Department of Geography, Central University of Karnataka, Kalaburagi, 585367, Karnataka, India
²Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Central University of Karnataka, Kalaburagi, 585367, Karnataka, India

*Corresponding Author
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Received Date:06 December 2024, Accepted Date:10 December 2024

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Abstract

Topographical factors such as “elevation, slope, aspect, curvature, relief amplitude, incision depth, surface roughness, and standard deviation of elevation (STD)” significantly impact agricultural land. This study quantitatively assesses the linkage between topographical factors and agricultural lands. With the help of Geographical Information System (GIS) techniques, statistically remarkable digitized data of agricultural lands and ALOS PALSAR DEM were applied to examine the connotation between topographical constraints and agrarian lands. This study used eight topographical factors and the concept of location entropy to determine how agricultural lands were distributed spatially in the study area. It has been found that the topography varied in the study area, location entropy shows that agricultural lands have unique distribution patterns. The findings indicate that agricultural lands are present on plain or less inclined slopy areas. Moreover, with the concept of location entropy (P), agricultural land suitability was classified into three degrees: most suitable (P≥2), standard suitable(P≥1), and unsuited (P<1). The study’s outcomes denoted that the standard suitable (37.1% - 77.9%) and most suitable (17.9% - 35.6%) areas are significant in Poonch district compared to unsuitable regions (4.8% - 29.2%).

Keywords: Agricultural land, Geographical Information System (GIS), Location Entropy, Topographical factors

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