Preparation of Curve Number Grid Map of Rawanduz River Basin in KRI Using GIS Techniques

The study is being conducted with the goal of applying various models and techniques for catchment delineation and providing the opportunity to determine the Curve Numbers (CN) for the Rawanduz river basin (2956 Km2 ), which is located in the northeastern section of Iraq, Kurdistan region, by utiliz...

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Main Authors: Israa D. Ahmed, Jehan M. Fattah Sheikh Suleimany
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Published: Erbil Polytechnic University 2023-09-01
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Online Access: https://polytechnic-journal.epu.edu.iq/home/vol12/iss2/14
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description The study is being conducted with the goal of applying various models and techniques for catchment delineation and providing the opportunity to determine the Curve Numbers (CN) for the Rawanduz river basin (2956 Km2 ), which is located in the northeastern section of Iraq, Kurdistan region, by utilizing Geographic Information System (GIS). Satellite data (Landsat 8 OLI) for 2020 was utilized to build land cover classes, with a classification accuracy of 90% and a Kappa index of 86.18%. The hydrologic soil map for the region is digitized from the Iraqi soil map. In specifically, Soil Conservation Service-Curve Number (SCS-CN) is technique that will be utilized to predict direct surface runoff. This technique incorporates a range of significant watershed features, such as Hydrological Soil Groups (HSG) and land use/land cover (LU/LC), to be utilized as input variables for numerous hydrologic processes. In terms of land use and hydrologic soil group combination, the lowest CN value was found to be 58 in forest areas, which corresponds to an increased ability of the soil to retain rainfall and will produce much less runoff, and the highest CN value was found to be 92 in medium-residential areas, which causes most of the rainfall to appear as runoff, with minimal losses.
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spelling doaj-art-1014d9d63ccb47e3b1ba7feb2174df072025-08-20T03:17:27ZengErbil Polytechnic UniversityPolytechnic Journal2707-77992023-09-01122129135https://doi.org/10.25156/ptj.v12n2y2022.pp129-135Preparation of Curve Number Grid Map of Rawanduz River Basin in KRI Using GIS TechniquesIsraa D. Ahmed0Jehan M. Fattah Sheikh Suleimany1Department of Water Resource Engineering, College of Engineering, Salahaddin UniversityDepartment of Water Resource Engineering, College of Engineering, Salahaddin University The study is being conducted with the goal of applying various models and techniques for catchment delineation and providing the opportunity to determine the Curve Numbers (CN) for the Rawanduz river basin (2956 Km2 ), which is located in the northeastern section of Iraq, Kurdistan region, by utilizing Geographic Information System (GIS). Satellite data (Landsat 8 OLI) for 2020 was utilized to build land cover classes, with a classification accuracy of 90% and a Kappa index of 86.18%. The hydrologic soil map for the region is digitized from the Iraqi soil map. In specifically, Soil Conservation Service-Curve Number (SCS-CN) is technique that will be utilized to predict direct surface runoff. This technique incorporates a range of significant watershed features, such as Hydrological Soil Groups (HSG) and land use/land cover (LU/LC), to be utilized as input variables for numerous hydrologic processes. In terms of land use and hydrologic soil group combination, the lowest CN value was found to be 58 in forest areas, which corresponds to an increased ability of the soil to retain rainfall and will produce much less runoff, and the highest CN value was found to be 92 in medium-residential areas, which causes most of the rainfall to appear as runoff, with minimal losses. https://polytechnic-journal.epu.edu.iq/home/vol12/iss2/14gis,soil map,land use/land cover,curve number,rawnduz riverbasin.
spellingShingle Israa D. Ahmed
Jehan M. Fattah Sheikh Suleimany
Preparation of Curve Number Grid Map of Rawanduz River Basin in KRI Using GIS Techniques
Polytechnic Journal
gis,
soil map,
land use/land cover,
curve number,
rawnduz river
basin.
title Preparation of Curve Number Grid Map of Rawanduz River Basin in KRI Using GIS Techniques
title_full Preparation of Curve Number Grid Map of Rawanduz River Basin in KRI Using GIS Techniques
title_fullStr Preparation of Curve Number Grid Map of Rawanduz River Basin in KRI Using GIS Techniques
title_full_unstemmed Preparation of Curve Number Grid Map of Rawanduz River Basin in KRI Using GIS Techniques
title_short Preparation of Curve Number Grid Map of Rawanduz River Basin in KRI Using GIS Techniques
title_sort preparation of curve number grid map of rawanduz river basin in kri using gis techniques
topic gis,
soil map,
land use/land cover,
curve number,
rawnduz river
basin.
url https://polytechnic-journal.epu.edu.iq/home/vol12/iss2/14
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