Abstract Urbanisation changes the hydrological system by creating impermeable surfaces. The growth of urban areas near rivers is a critical global concern. The river is particularly important in the creation of settlements. It alters the overall channel geometry, channel pattern, and riffle pool sequence, in other words, all flow and shape characteristics. The Waghire River is a major tributary of the Pavana River in the Mula basin. The source's height is 693 meters, and the stream is ranked fourth. Cross-sections were gathered at these places to track changes in the area, using remote sensing data from 1990 to 2020.It has been observed and discovered that rural land use along the Waghire River has altered, as evidenced by changes in the channel's morphometry, slope, and cross-sectional area. The majority of the change occurred as a result of construction and the creation of concrete roadways in the channel, resulting in a more than 50% reduction in channel width at this location. At the outset, we can assert that the process of urbanization is the most important prerequisite for the region's development, but it must be controlled by locals so that the region's development through urbanization does not disrupt the river's state of equilibrium.
Sule et al. (Sat,) studied this question.