River erosion is a dangerous disaster which can be referred to as “a silent killer”. It occurs all over the world. Sometimes its consequence is so severe that, the misery of the people is beyond imagination. According to the geologist, riverbank erosion is river erodes away the bed and the banks of its channel. Lateral river erosion that widens the …
Introduction: Bangladesh coastline covers an area of around 710 kilometers on the Bay of Bengal flowing to the Indian Ocean. The ocean often threatens catastrophe for Bangladesh in the form of cyclones and tidal surge which is responsible for the sea level rise and sea level rise has various impacts on the coastal areas, such as land erosion, salinity-intrusion, and …
Riverbank Erosion is an endemic natural hazard in our country. When rivers enter the mature, they become sluggish and meander or braid. These oscillations cause extreme riverbank erosion. Every year, millions of people of our country are affected by erosion that destroys many kinds of resources such as standing crops, farmland and homestead land, etc. About 5% of the total floodplain of …
