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A Review on Methods of Classification and Delineation of Riparian Zones

Sonal Tiwari

Abstract


Riparian ecosystems are effective systems between aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems and show the conversional zone between two adjacent ecosystems with well-describe vegetation and soil characteristics. They are vital elements of watersheds, primarily due to their protection of surface and ground water quality from impacts related to human land use. The vegetated buffers are complicated ecosystems that gives food and habitat for individual plant and animal species, and are crucial to the move and control of nonpoint source pollution. Researchers have presented various approaches and models to classify and delineate these zones. The following paper is a review of the methods of classification and delineation and its significance in landscape planning and design. The paper identifies the various attributes and the literature gap in the existing methodologies.

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