Figure 6

(a) GIS-based Landuse Landcover characterisation indicates a significant stretch of agricultural land in the delta region (created using ArcGIS, Esri42 https://www.arcgis.com/index.html). (b) Map showing the positioning of the Kallanai dam, Kollidam River and vulnerable areas, including villages at risk of inundation from heavy precipitation events (created using Origin Pro 2023b (Learning Edition) https://www.originlab.com/ and VAPOR: A Visualization Package Tailored to Analyze Simulation Data in Earth System Science v 3.6.0 http://www.vapor.ucar.edu/).