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Abstract

ABSTRACT The LANDSAT TM 2001 image, covering the Peshawar Basin and four glued GT sheets were interpreted through ILWIS (GIS & RS) software and developed district boundaries, land use, drainage & road network, rivers, cities/towns, etc. Classified and resampled image clearly differentiated the basin into, vegetated (44%) as a major land use followed by not available for cultivation (38%), range land/barren land (17%) and water bodies (1%). The vegetation map revealed that Charsadda and Mardan were the most vegetated districts Area-wise districts of basin were arrayed in an order of Nowshera,> Mardan > Swabi > Peshawar > Charsadda. The vector map for road network and major settlements of the basin showed that Peshawar was the most interlinked district than the other four ones. Image processing for drainage network depicted 8 large and small rivers / streams draining out eventually in to the Indus river. All the rivers/ streams were run through Charsadda and Mardan districts except the Shah Alam in the northern part of Peshawar district. Keywords: Visual Interpretation of LANDSAT TM, Peshawar Basin, Land use