A Rapid Hazard Assessment Report by Dr Jakob Steiner a postdoc fellow at the Institute of Geography and Spatial Research, University of Graz, Austria (jakob.steiner@uni-graz.at) and Amrit Thapa a doctoral student at University of Alaska Fairbanks (aamritjnu@gmail.com). A Hindi version of this report can be seen here.
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Co-sculptors of the Central Highlands: River Sindh and its People
GUEST ARTICLE BY POORVA GOEL
At Pachnada (see the photo above, the river in Uttar Pradesh, photo by Poorva Goel), the Sindh River meets four other rivers- Yamuna, Chambal, Kunwari and Pahuj, in a rare spectacle. Over time, the gentle currents of these rivers have meandered and unloaded their sediment on the floodplains. The floodplains are lush with mustard and wheat fields, and the scrub slopes are dotted with grazing cattle.
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