The study area Tamiraparani located between latitudes 8 25 and 9 13 N, and longitudes 77 10 to 78 10 E along the south east coast of India. Tamiraparani basin is one of the major river basins in Tamil Nadu, located between latitudes 8 25 and 9 13 N, and longitudes 77 10 to 78 10 E covering an area of 5,464 km2. A great river like the Cauvery, unlike most of the other Indian rivers, is fed by both the monsoons - the southwest and the northeast - and seen in full spate twice a year if the monsoons do not fail. In order to identify the nature of sediment character, the mode of deposition in...