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Investigation of the effects of storm pattern and area characteristics on sediment yield of the watershed | ||
| مهندسی و مدیریت آبخیز | ||
| Article 7, Volume 15, Issue 2, June 2023, Pages 264-280 PDF (1.36 M) | ||
| Document Type: Research Paper | ||
| DOI: 10.22092/ijwmse.2022.356798.1931 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Parisa Fattah1; Khosrow hoseini* 2; Seyed Ali Asghar Hashemi3 | ||
| 1MSc Student, Water Resources Management Engineering, Department of Water Department, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Semnan University | ||
| 2Professor, Department of Water Department, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran | ||
| 3Assistant Professor, Semnan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Semnan, Iran | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Extended abstract Introduction Soil is one of the most important natural resources of any country, which plays a key role in food security, self-sufficiency in food production, national economy, and sustainable agriculture. Soil erosion is one of the most obvious factors of soil loss, and rain erosion is one of the most important forms of erosion. Therefore, the knowledge of the processes governing soil erosion and sediment transport is very important in water and soil resources management, as well as, the development of soil erosion models to achieve sustainable development is of great importance. Previous research has shown that rainfall patterns are one of the factors influencing rain erosion. Vegetation also reduces soil erosion by protecting the soil against the effects of raindrops and runoff. Rain erosion is especially important in arid and semi-arid areas due to the lack of vegetation and low initial soil moisture. This research was conducted, regarding the effect of rainfall patterns on rain erosion, by investigating the rainfall pattern and vegetation changes over 25 years in Ebrahim Abad and Royan watersheds situated in Semnan City. Materials and methods First, the physical characteristics of the watersheds were obtained; using ArcGIS software, and the precipitation information was extracted from the rain gauge sheets with an accuracy of 10 minutes. To compare the rainfall for different amounts of precipitation, the dimensionless cumulative rainfall curve of each event was obtained. The time of each rainfall was divided into 10 parts and the percentage of rainfall was determined for each part. The rainfall curve was divided into 4 quartiles (1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th quartiles) depending on the occurrence of the maximum precipitation. According to the information on the sediment layers in check dams located at the outlet of each watershed and the precipitation data, the storm-related to each sediment layer was determined and the effect of the storm pattern on the sediment pattern was investigated. To check the similarity of precipitation and sedimentation patterns in check dams, the average difference in precipitation and sedimentation in each time step and standard deviation changes were used. Considering the dynamic changes of vegetation compared to other characteristics of the watershed, remote sensing data were used to investigate the changes in vegetation and its area. Due to the effective performance and high accuracy of NDVI index and landsat satellite images in dry areas, Google Earth Engine system was used to estimate vegetation cover, manage and recall the satellite images. Then, the influence of watershed characteristics such as slope, area, soil type, shape factor, and vegetation cover on watershed sedimentation was investigated. Results and discussion The average similarities in precipitation and sediment pattern in Ebrahim Abad and Royan watersheds were 48.2 and 46.1%, respectively. Also, the percentage of coarse-grained sediments augments by increasing the precipitation quarter number, during each storm event, which shows the important role of the rainfall pattern on the sedimentation pattern in each watershed. The average monthly vegetation cover (obtained from Landsat images) in Ebrahim Abad and Royan watersheds during the mentioned period was 5.15 and 4.99%, respectively, which is less estimated than reported by previous research. In this research, a threshold limit of 0.1 has been used for the NDVI index, in which very weak vegetation has been omitted. Conclusion In both watersheds, in more than 51% of cases, by increasing vegetation cover in each storm event, the thickness of the corresponding sediment layer augments, which shows the effect of vegetation cover on the erosion and sedimentation of the watersheds. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Erosion; Landsat; NDVI; Rainfall changes; Small watersheds | ||
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