Najafgholi Ghiasi
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Watershed management planning and preference need variety of data like water yield and its fluctuation. Average water yield on different probabilities is needed for river discharge estimation and small and big dams utilization planning. On the other hand, annual water yield is needed for planning and ...
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Watershed management planning and preference need variety of data like water yield and its fluctuation. Average water yield on different probabilities is needed for river discharge estimation and small and big dams utilization planning. On the other hand, annual water yield is needed for planning and management of downstream agricultural lands. In this research, 40 hydrologic stations with acceptable quantitative and qualitative data within a common base period. Watersheds homogeneity was analyzed based on water yield and influence of numeral parameters and segregated into two homogenous watersheds. The accuracy of homogeneity was tested by discriminant analysis and was 100 and 94 percent in clusters one and two, respectively. In addition to regional annual water yield analysis, the discharge probability was estimated and normal distribution was chosen as the best statistical distribution for discharges of two to 100 years return periods. Regional probable water yield equations with different return periods for homogenous regions were extracted using hydrological and numeral data such as annual discharge, area, slope and forest canopy cover. The results of present research were the probable annual water yield with different return periods which could be used in watershed management and water resources projects.
Reza Ghafoorian; Hossein Sanaeinejhad; Najafgholi Ghiasi; Abolghasem Dadrasi; Javad Eizi
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Determination of mean slope of a watershed area is an essential parameter in most of the water resources projects. There are many methods for determining this parameter. The methods frequently used can be listed as Justin, Networking, Horton, Eight points, Average slope curve and a Geographic Information ...
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Determination of mean slope of a watershed area is an essential parameter in most of the water resources projects. There are many methods for determining this parameter. The methods frequently used can be listed as Justin, Networking, Horton, Eight points, Average slope curve and a Geographic Information System (GIS). Generally experts based on their experiences use one of the mentioned methods. Investigations in some watershed areas showed that the results of applying the various methods are considerable different in a given area. In order to obtain the most accurate method, it is necessary to compare the results of experimental methods with the mean slope which is directly measured in the field, namely direct method. In this study, three regions were selected in different parts of Khorasan Province. For these regions topographic maps with large scales of 1:1000 to 1:3000 were prepared. Afterward seven mountain slopes were chosen in the regions and mean slope was computed for the slopes using the above mentioned methods. The mean slope was directly measured in the field for all seven mountain slopes as well. The obtained results from the various methods have been compared with the direct method by Paired-Samples T test. Analysis showed that the Horton method is the most accurate method with respect to the others. Justin and GIS methods are in next order of accuracy in comparison with the direct method.
