Hydrology: Current Research

Mamaru A Moges

Publications

• Research Article
  Assessing the Land Use/Cover Dynamics and its Impact on the Low Flow of Gumara Watershed, Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia
  Author(s): Gashaw G Chakilu and Mamaru A MogesGashaw G Chakilu and Mamaru A Moges
  
  Land cover and Climate change are very important issues in terms of global context and their responses to environmental and socio-economic drivers. The dynamic of these two factors is currently affecting the environment in unbalanced way including watershed hydrology. In this paper the impact of land use/cover change on stream flow particularly on low flow were evaluated through application of the model Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) in Gumara watershed, Upper Blue Nile basin Ethiopia. The land use/cover data were obtained from Land Sat image and processed by ERDAS IMAGINE 2010 software. Three land use land cover data; 1973, 1986, and 2013 were prepared and these data were used for base map, model calibration and change study respectively. So, as to evaluate the effect of land use/cover change on low flow of the catchment, the stream flow was simula.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2157-7587.1000268

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