期刊名称：International Research Journal of Earth Sciences
电子版ISSN：2321-2527
出版年度：2016
卷号：4
期号：7
页码：1-14
语种：English
出版社：International Science Community Association
摘要：The river Kalindri experienced severe channel change due to lateral shifting associated with bank erosion over course of time. The shifting of the river Kalindri created a good number of oxbow lakes which has direct and indirect impacts on livelihood pattern of the people living in surrounding region. This paper attempt to discuss the consequent phases of oxbow lake genesis and hydro-ecological modification of an oxbow lake of Kalindri River situated near Amrity (880311 E and 250144) and Balupur (88034 and 250226) region. It is found that oxbow lake has direct impact on local people. Process of oxbow lake formation generated fertile soil for agricultural production. The oxbow lake is considered as resource pool of water, floral and faunal diversity, fishing ground, source of irrigation water, seasonal agricultural field and many other visible and invisible resources storage. So, if one assembled all goods and services provided by this wetland and converted them to monetary term, the monetary value of the wetland produced by those goods, services and other resources would be greater in comparison to any other productive agricultural land. Still oxbow lake is rapidly transforming into agricultural land. Livelihood opportunities where material opportunities is more common than services provided by oxbows which is in fact immeasurable in monetary terms.
关键词：Hydrological characters;Ox bow lake;Hydro-ecological evolution;Kalindri River and Change of livelihood options
