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Exploring groundwater potential zones using MIF technique in semi-arid region: a case study of Hingoli district, Maharashtra

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In this paper, an attempt has been made to delineate groundwater potential zones in Hingoli district, Maharashtra, India. Remote sensing and traditional data were collected from different sources and analysed in GIS software to prepare thematic maps of different geo-environmental factors such as lithology, drainage, lineaments, slope etc. as these factors having an impact on groundwater availability of an area, directly or indirectly. All these factors have been integrated into GIS software and multi influence factor method was applied to delineate groundwater potential zones. The result has shown about 50% area is having the good potentiality of groundwater, whereas about 6% region falls under very low potential area. The Central part of the study area is having very low groundwater potential, mainly due to the steep slope and rocky outcrop. The southern part of the Hingoli district has shown good groundwater potential, because of the gentle slope which influences water to infiltrate. All the major towns and villages are located in good groundwater prospect areas. Therefore, these locations do not experience extreme drought conditions. The present work is valuable for future planning and management of groundwater resource in Hingoli district.

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The authors wish to thank Jung-Sup Um (editor-in-chief, Spatial Information Research) for his valuable suggestions in improving the revised manuscript. Critical review and constructive comments from the anonymous reviewers significantly improved the final paper.

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Das, S., Gupta, A. & Ghosh, S. Exploring groundwater potential zones using MIF technique in semi-arid region: a case study of Hingoli district, Maharashtra. Spat. Inf. Res. 25, 749–756 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41324-017-0144-0

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