Citation: Firoz Ahmad, Laxmi Goparaju. Soil and Water Conservation Prioritization Using Geospatial Technology – a Case Study of Part of Subarnarekha Basin, Jharkhand, India[J]. AIMS Geosciences, 2017, 3(3): 375-395. doi: 10.3934/geosci.2017.3.375
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