Open AccessDrainage pattern and its distribution in the Kathmandu valley
Author(s) -
S. R. Bajracharya
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
journal of nepal geological society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2676-1378
DOI - 10.3126/jngs.v7i0.32595
Subject(s) - geology , tributary , gneiss , drainage , drainage system (geomorphology) , drainage network , geomorphology , traverse , streams , river valley , hydrology (agriculture) , geochemistry , geography , archaeology , geotechnical engineering , geodesy , metamorphic rock , ecology , cartography , computer network , computer science , biology
Drainages in the Kathmandu Valley traverse the hills made up of metasedimentary rocks and Sheopuri Injection Gneiss, and the plains of fluvio-lacustrine sediments. As the streams cut into the underlying rocks and structures of the region, they give rise to certain drainage arrangement seven types of drainage patterns are identified in the valley. They are Dendritic, Rectangular, Trellis, Sub-parallel, Barbed, Radial and Centripetal. The Kathmandu Valley as a whole is a centripetal drainage pattern and the other drainage patterns are distributed in different tributaries within the valley.