LANDSLIDE SUSCEPTIBILITY STUDY OF

HIGHLAND PART OF THE MANIMALA RIVER

BASIN, KERALA
 Introduction
 Landslides are natural phenomenon in which the earth materials are moving
down slope under the influence of gravity.

Objectives of the study

 Evaluation of various geo-environmental factors responsible for landslide of
the study area such as Slope, Elevation, Slope Aspect, Drainage,
Lineaments, Land Use Land Cover (LULC), Normalised Difference
Vegetation Index (NDVI), Soil Thickness, Rainfall and preparing thematic
maps of 1:200000 scale
 Creating stability zonation map of the study area using Rank and Weightage
Method using Geographic Information System
Study Area
 Study area located between 9˚25’36.085” - 9˚39’51.576” North latitude and

76˚44’47.158” - 76˚58’55.614” East longitude

 Kanjirappally, Azhutha, Ranni, Vazhoor -Block Panchayath.

 Total area:-438 sq km area

 Maximum elevation is 1337 and slope ranging between 13˚ and 64˚

 Lithology includes Charnockite, Dolerite and Quartzite

 Majorcities:Kanjirapalli,Mundakayam,Erumeli,Kootickal,Endayar,Elamkad,

Peruvanthanam,Urumbikkara.
 Southern part of study area

Northern part of study area

 METHODOLOGY SOURCE OF DATA

ASTER DEM BHUVAN LANDSAT-8 TRMM DATA FIELD DATA

SLOPE,ASPECT,
SOIL
DRAINAGE, LINEAMENT NDVI,LULC RAINFALL
THICKNESS
ELEVATION

RASTER
THEMATIC RECLASSIFICATION LANDSLIDE
CALCULATION
MAPS of OF THEMATIC HAZARD
USING RANK
1:200000 MAPS ZONATION
AND WEIGHTAGE
scale MAP
METHOD
SL NO FACTORS CLASSES RANK WEIGHTAGE
I 0-13 1
II 13-26 2
1 SLOPE III 26-39 3 35
IV 39-51 4
V 51-64 5
I 0.016-0.84 1
II 0.84-1.66 2
2 DRAINAGE III 1.66-2.48 3 15
DENSITY
IV 2.48-3.30 4
V 3.30-4.12 5
I 0-0.175 1
II 0.175-0.50 2
3 LINEAMENT III 0.50-0.766 3 10
DENSITY
IV 0.766-1.055 4
V 1.055-1.537 5
I 0.0002-0.82 1
II 0.82-1.64 2
4 SOIL THICKNESS III 1.64-2.45 3 10
IV 2.45-3.27 4
V 3.27-4.09 5
I 337.5-22.5(N) 2
5 SLOPE ASPECT II 22.5-67.5(NE) 3
III 67.5-112.5(E) 4 7
IV 112.5-157.5(SE) 3
 II 22.5-67.5(NE) 3
III 67.5-112.5(E) 4
IV 112.5-157.5(SE) 3
V 157.5-202.5(S) 2
VI 202.5-247.5(SW) 3
VII 247.5-292.5(W) 4
VIII 292.5-337.5(NW) 3
I -0.13 1
II 0.061-0.19 2
6 NDVI III 0.19-0.33 3 7
IV 0.33-0.47 3
V 0.47-0.61 4
I ROCK 1
II FOREST 2 7
7 LULC III PLANTATION 3
IV MIXED CROP 4
I 13-285 1
II 285-557 2
8 ELEVATION III 557-828 3 5
IV 828-1100 4
V 1100-1372 5
I 139-162 1
9 RAINFALL II 162-185 2 4
III 185-207 3
IV 207-230 4
V 230-253 5
Result and Analysis
 Conclusion
•North, north east and southern part of the area is vulnerable
•Southeast, southwest and north western part susceptibility is low
RATE OF LOCATIONS
RISK
High and Very Muppanmala,
High (37sqkm)
Vengattanam,Elamkad,
Kunnam,Kunnad,Melet
tadam,and Noorokkadu

Low and Very Anakkallu,

Low(281sqkm
) Irumbukkara,
Edakunnam, Kuttikkal
and Mukkada
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