The Tista Basin: A Study in Fluvial Geomorphology |
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INTRODUCTION TO THE TISTA RIVER | xxiii |
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
GEOLITHOLOGY | 15 |
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alluvial alluvial fans altitudes analysis Bazar belt Bengal biotite Brahmaputra Calcutta channel patterns Chhu climatic corrasion Darjeeling debris deposits dissected drainage basin drainage density Eastern Himalayas ecological sites elevated environment erosion erosional flood floodplains fluvial Fluvial cycle fluvial processes fluvioglacial Gangtok Geog Geol geological geomorphic geomorphic units geomorphology glacial glacierised glaciers gneiss gorges granite hill-side hills incised Jaldhaka Jalpaiguri Kalimpong khola Lachen lamination landforms landscape landslide Lhonak lower mainly meandering mentioned monsoon moraines morphogenesis morphogenetic morphological mountainous terrain Mukhopadhyay Pauhunri periglacial phyllites Piedmont plains Pleistocene present profiles rainfall Rangit Rangpo Rathong relating ridges rocks sand schists sectors sediments Sevoke Sikkim soil stream structural suites of landforms surfaces Talung tectonic terraces and floodplains Tista basin area Tista drainage basin Tista river Tista terrain Tista valley tributary valleys upper Tista basin valley-side slopes variations varied weathering Zemu Zemu glacier zone