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Evaluation of sediment delivery ratio estimation methods in Khamsan Representative-Paired Watershed | ||
| مهندسی و مدیریت آبخیز | ||
| Article 5, Volume 16, Issue 3, September 2024, Pages 394-414 PDF (1.32 M) | ||
| Document Type: Research Paper | ||
| DOI: 10.22092/ijwmse.2024.358084.1965 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Nasrin Azami1; Abdulvahed Khaledi Darvishan* 2; Leila Gholami3 | ||
| 1Former Master Student, Department of Watershed Management Engineering, Faculty of Natural Resources, Tarbiat Modares University, Noor, Iran | ||
| 2Associate professor, Department of Watershed Management Engineering, Faculty of Natural Resources, Tarbiat Modares University, Noor, Iran | ||
| 3Associate professor, Department of Watershed Management Engineering, Faculty of Natural Resources, Sari Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University, Sari, Iran | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Introduction Today, soil erosion in particular and soil degradation in general as a result of human activities have been raised as a social problem, and the role of the human factor in the emergence and acceleration of the soil degradation process has been clarified in many fields. Obtaining accurate statistics and information about soil erosion and sediment yield in the watersheds is necessary for the implementation of soil conservation programs and methods for determining the resistance to soil erosion and reducing sediment yield. Due to the lack of data about soil erosion and sediment yield in many watersheds of Iran, the use of appropriate empirical methods is inevitable to erosion estimation, sediment yield and especially sediment delivery ratio. Martial and methods For this purpose, in the present study, empirical models for estimation of the sediment delivery ratio based on easy-to-measure variables and three models of SATEEC, InVEST and WaTEM/SEDEM were used in the Khamsan representative-paired watershed, western Iran. The WaTEM module of the WaTEM/SEDEM model is based on the RUSLE model for estimating soil erosion, and in the SEDEM module is based on the performance of effective physical factors in the sediment transport equation. In many sources, the 137Cs method is mentioned as the only available and reliable method for measuring the components of the sediment budget, including total erosion, total sedimentation, net erosion (sediment yield) and sediment delivery ratio, especially at the hillslope and sub-watershed scales. To evaluation of the used models, the results of calculating the sediment delivery ratio using the 137Cs method obtained from previous researches were used, which are 25.61% and 58.94% for the entire watershed and the average of 15 sub-watersheds, respectively, and its accuracy is based on the observed sediment data at the outlet of the watershed has been confirmed. Results and discussion Among the studied sediment delivery ratio models, Renfro and Waldo (1983), Williams and Brendt (1972), Roehl (1962) considering one hour excess precipitation, Walling (1983), Ferro (1995), Vanoni (1975) and USDA (1972) provided the closest estimates (±10%) to the 137Cs method for the whole watershed scale and the Renfro (1975), USDA (1972), USDA-SCS (1979), SATEEC and Roehl (1962) considering one hour excess precipitation for the sub-watershed scale provided the closest estimates (±10%) to the 137Cs method for the sub-watershed scale and were selected as suitable sediment delivery ratio models for Khamsan representative-paired watershed. Also, these models can be used to estimate the sediment delivery ratio in watersheds similar to Khamsan representative-paired watershed. Conclusion In the sub-watersheds scale, the equations estimations based on easy-to-measure variables except the Roehl (1962) method - excess rainfall of 1.0 h was significantly lower than the SATEEC model, on the other hand, the estimations of all the methods except the Roehl (1962) method - excess rainfall of 0.1 h was significantly higher than WaTEM/SEDEM and InVEST models. This issue emphasizes the importance of considering excess precipitation conditions to estimation of the sediment delivery ratio in the presented equations by Roehl. Also, at the scale of the whole watershed, the estimations of the equations based on easy-to-measure variables, except for the Mutchler and Bowie (1975) method, were lower than the results of the SATEEC model. The great difference of the investigated methods performance in the two scales of the sub-watershed and the whole watershed is due to the undeniable effect of the middle plain of the Khamsan watershed in the drastic reduction of the sediment transportation from the sub-watersheds to the outlet of the watershed. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| 137Cs; InVEST Model; RUSLE Model; SATEEC Model; Soil Erosion | ||
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