• Dikshit V.M.

River piracy is the diversion of headwaters of one stream to another one. The instance of river piracy causes changes in water routes and sediments and effects on landscape evolution. Stream piracy occurs for several reasons. Two of such reasons in the tectonically active regions are 1) fault induced tectonic movement and 2) Active headward erosion in the upstream direction to capture another higher stream. In this study, the Panhale stream has captured the water of the Indavati stream is documented. The Digital Elevation Model of the study region is used to extract the drainages. The occurrence of river piracy was due to the fore tilting of the hanging wall of the listric fault system and subsequent headward erosion of the stream.

River piracy; lineaments; morphotectonic; Konkan Coastal Belt (KCB)

"River capture/piracy investigations of Panhale and Indavati tributaries of Machkundi River.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 12, page no.1354-1359, December-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1812D92.pdf

"River capture/piracy investigations of Panhale and Indavati tributaries of Machkundi River.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 12, page no. pp1354-1359, December-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1812D92.pdf