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Research Articles

Channel migration characteristics of the Yamuna River from 1954 to 2015 in the vicinity of Agra, India: A case study using remote sensing and GIS

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Pages 367-375 | Received 01 Feb 2018, Accepted 21 Nov 2018, Published online: 24 Jan 2019

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