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20. Soil Erosion Prioritization of Yarmouk River Basin, Jordan Using Multiple Approaches in a GIS Environment

verfasst von : Farah Al-Hantouli, Muheeb Awawdeh, Mutawakil Obeidat

Erschienen in: Water Resources Management and Sustainability

Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland

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Abstract

Soil erosion is a challenging worldwide environmental issue since it entails many environmental problems such as fertility loss and water pollution. Prioritization of watershed prone to soil erosion is cornerstone in any effective and sustainable management program of natural resources. Morphometry is a powerful tool that has been extensively used for this purpose. This study presents a combination and integration of two different soil erosion prioritization methods that were applied to Yarmouk River Basin (YRB). The methods of morphometric analysis and the Land Use/Land Cover (LULC) analysis were compared for erosion prioritization. The YRB was divided into 44 sub-watersheds. Twenty-one morphometric parameters were extracted and ranked based on their values and relationships to calculate the compound factor (Cf), which was used to prioritize sub-watersheds in terms of sensitivity to soil erosion. It was found that YRB is a fifth-order drainage system, with a dendritic drainage pattern and elongated shape. Morphometric analysis resulted in categorizing about 41% of the YRB in the high and very high soil erosion susceptibility zones while the LULC analysis LULC revealed that 88.6% of the basin was classified as having high-very high susceptibility to soil erosion. The sub-watersheds 1, 3, 4, 7, 9, 10, 11, 14, 20, 27, 28, 30, 32, 33, 35, 36, and 40 were found the most vulnerable to soil erosion based on both methods of analysis.

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Metadaten
Titel
Soil Erosion Prioritization of Yarmouk River Basin, Jordan Using Multiple Approaches in a GIS Environment
verfasst von
Farah Al-Hantouli
Muheeb Awawdeh
Mutawakil Obeidat
Copyright-Jahr
2023
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-24506-0_20