TY - JOUR
T1 - Morphometric analysis and flash floods of Wadi Sudr and Wadi Wardan, Gulf of Suez, Egypt
T2 - Using digital elevation model
AU - Abdel-Lattif, Aiman
AU - Sherief, Y.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Saudi Society for Geosciences 2010.
PY - 2010/6/9
Y1 - 2010/6/9
N2 - Application of geographic information systems and remote sensing are a powerful tool for the assessment of risk and management of flood hazards. By using these techniques to extract new drainage network with more details to prepare natural hazard maps which may help decision makers and planners to put suitable solutions reducing the impact of these hazards. Ras Sudr city and surrounding area had been attacked by flash floods of Wadi Sudr and Wadi Wardan which are nearly perpendicular to the eastern side of the Gulf of Suez, Egypt, and many infrastructures had destroyed. GIS techniques and remote sensing are used to find the interrelation between the morphometric parameters by using statistical correlation to determine the area under varying flood conditions. The results of morphometric parameters and the new data of last flood which occurred on 17-18th January 2010 indicate that the two basins are threatened by the risk of flash floods and Wadi Wardan is more risky than Wadi Sudr.
AB - Application of geographic information systems and remote sensing are a powerful tool for the assessment of risk and management of flood hazards. By using these techniques to extract new drainage network with more details to prepare natural hazard maps which may help decision makers and planners to put suitable solutions reducing the impact of these hazards. Ras Sudr city and surrounding area had been attacked by flash floods of Wadi Sudr and Wadi Wardan which are nearly perpendicular to the eastern side of the Gulf of Suez, Egypt, and many infrastructures had destroyed. GIS techniques and remote sensing are used to find the interrelation between the morphometric parameters by using statistical correlation to determine the area under varying flood conditions. The results of morphometric parameters and the new data of last flood which occurred on 17-18th January 2010 indicate that the two basins are threatened by the risk of flash floods and Wadi Wardan is more risky than Wadi Sudr.
KW - Catchments
KW - Flash flood
KW - Geographical information system
KW - Hydrology remote sensing
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U2 - 10.1007/s12517-010-0156-8
DO - 10.1007/s12517-010-0156-8
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84898896375
SN - 1866-7511
VL - 5
SP - 181
EP - 195
JO - Arabian Journal of Geosciences
JF - Arabian Journal of Geosciences
IS - 2
ER -