Impact of iron ore mining on suspended sediment response in a tropical catchment in Kudremukh, Western Ghats, India [An article from: Forest Ecology and Management]

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Available secondary suspended sediment data from the 1980s was analyzed together with new data collected during 2001-2003 at instrumented sites upstream and downstream of open-cast mining activities (~4.2km^2) in an enclosure within the Kudremukh National Park in south India. More than 50% of the suspended sediment load in both the Bhadra River and Bhadra Reservoir comes from mining-affected lands that occupy