ABSTRACT

The Lonar crater (diameter as 1830 m) is a simple impact crater in basaltic target rocks (Deccan Traps). In the present research paper geomorphic assessment was done for the Lonar impact crater lake. Therefore Remote Sensing and GIS technology have been effectively utilized. Now a day’s it is an emerging technology to solve various geomorphic problems. As for Lonar crater is concern various hygienic activities are carried out by the local people in the freshwater spring. The nuisance of tourists; untreated domestic water and garbage are thrown from the city surrounded at the crater rim. The ejected cover extending outward from the crater's rim has progressively been brought under cultivation, the crater lake has a continuous cover of alluvium of silt to clay grain size around the saline lake. The ejecta blanket of the crater degrading very fastly since from the last four to five decades. So the present research paper provides RS and GIS techniques applications utilised in the assessment of the problem of degrading lonar crater it also assesses the environmental issues and ecological imbalance of the Loanr crater. Neither any technique nor any plan has been prepared for the Lonar crater conservation. Most of the observations were made during the recent fieldwork by the authors. Keywords: Lonar crater, Land degradation, Remote sensing, GIS
Publication date: 15/01/2022

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2022/11.1.1040