Department of Civil Engineering, Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Deemed to be University, Guntur-522502, India
1Department of Geology, Central University of Karnataka, Kadaganchi, Kalaburagi -585 367, India
2Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of TechnologyAndhra Pradesh, Tadepalligudem-534 101, India
This study deals with the estimation of the land capability and generation of different classes on Chevella watershed area, Ranga Reddy dist., Telangana state. The land capability was estimated with the land capability classification technique where the land is classified into 8 classes based on the characteristics associated with each of the class on certain parameters that affect the soil and the water as well, which are the two most important factors of the cultivation. The classes of land capability are broadly classified into 2 i.e., cultivable and non-cultivable. Based on the land capability, the land resource development Plan was generated which give the in-site of the crops and the precautions that need to be grown in the region which was compared to 3 classes. This land is suitable for occasional cultivation in rotation with hay or pasture, or orchards protected by permanent cover crops. Special precautions suggested in accordance to IS Code for conservation of rainfall to utilize for irrigation, conversion of land to pasture or grazing lands the regions.
Land capabilitym, Macro watershed, Capability, Cultivation, Mobile mapping, GIS platform
