Analysis and Mapping of Water Erosion Vulnerability Using GIS for the Mghila Watershed, Northwest of Algeria

• Autorzy: Ratiat Abdelkader , Haddad Ali , Bouaichi Ilham , Matene Chahrazed Naziha

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.2478/heem-2023-0005

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Intensification of extreme rainfall-runoff events in arid and semi-arid regions because of climate change induce the water erosion that contributes considerably to the loss of vegetal layers of soils and reduce the storage capacity of dams by silting of transported sediments from the watershed to the impoundment. This paper aims at proposing means for protecting the Mghila dam against silting by identification and delimitation of vulnerable areas to water erosion. This dam, built in the North-West of Algeria, ensures irrigated cultivation. Topographical, geological, and land use characteristics of the watershedwere analyzed using the geographic information system (GIS). Analysis of results has allowed the identification by area percentage four-vulnerability classes with sensitivity to the water erosion: low (18.89%), medium (13.08%), high (65.05%) and very high (8.38%). The spatial distribution of the lithological substratum friability, the vegetation cover and slope degrees have led to the development of an efficient strategy for the watershed management in order to reduce the effect of water erosion on soil degradation and silting of the Mghila dam.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

water erosion; silting; extreme rainfall; extreme runoff; arid regions; sediment transport

• Wydawca: Institute of Hydro-Engineering of Polish Academy of Sciences
• Czasopismo: Archives of Hydro-Engineering and Environmental Mechanics
• Rocznik: 2023
• Tom: Vol. 70, nr 1
• Strony: 71--87
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 14 poz., rys., tab., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Ratiat Abdelkader

• University Djillali Bounaama, Khemis Miliana,44225 Algeria
• Water and Environmental Engineering Laboratory, National Higher School for Hydraulics (ENSH), 9000 Blida, Algeria

autor

Haddad Ali

• Laboratory of Protection and Preservation of Water Resources, Department of Water Sciences and Environment, Faculty of Technology, Blida 1 University, 9000 Blida Algeria

autor

Bouaichi Ilham

• University Djillali Bounaama, Khemis Miliana,44225 Algeria
• Water and Environmental Engineering Laboratory, National Higher School for Hydraulics (ENSH), 9000 Blida, Algeria

autor

Matene Chahrazed Naziha

• University Djillali Bounaama, Khemis Miliana,44225 Algeria

Bibliografia

• Adamou S. N., Gourfi A., Tour´e A. A., Daoudi L. (2022) Water erosion in southwestern Niger: Impacts of natural and anthropogenic factors on soil loss [Erosion hydrique au Sud-Ouest du Niger: Impacts des facteurs naturels et anthropiques sur les pertes en sols], G´eomorphologie: Relief, Processus, Environnement, https://doi.org/10.4000/geomorphologie.16744.
• Afera H., Asirat T., Ermias S., Mihret D. (2018) Erosion Sensitivity Mapping Using GIS and Multi-Criteria Decision Approach in Ribb Watershed Upper Blue Nile, Ethiopia, International Journal of Energy and Environmental Science, 3 (6), 99–111. doi:10.11648/j.ijees.20180306.11.
• Bensekhria A.; Bouhata R. (2022) Assessment and Mapping Soil Water Erosion Using RUSLE Approach and GIS Tools: Case of Oued el-HaiWatershed, Aur`esWest, Northeastern of Algeria, ISPRS Int. J. Geo-Inf., 11, 84, https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi11020084.
• Bilal A., Ahsen M., Wesam S. A., Muhammad A. M., Talha J., Ahmed Z. (2021) Soil erosion susceptibility mapping using a GIS-based multi-criteria decision approach: Case of district Chitral, Pakistan, Ain Shams, Engineering Journal, 12 (2), 1637–1649, ISSN 2090-4479, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asej.2020.09.015.
• Drzewiecki W., Wezyk P., Pierzchalski M., Szafranska, B. (2013) Quantitative and Qualitative Assessment of Soil Erosion Risk in Małopolska (Poland), Supported by an Object-Based Analysis of High-Resolution Satellite Images, Pure and Applied Geophysics, SpringerLink. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00024-013-0669-7.
• Elahcene O., Terfous A., Remini B., Ghenaim A., Poulet J.-B. (2013) Study of sedimentary dynamics In the watershed of Oued Bellah (Algeria) [Etude de la dynamique s´edimentaire dans le bassin versant de l’Oued Bellah (Alg´erie)], 58 (1), 224–236, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02626667.2012.742530.
• Khanchoul K., Boukhrissa Z. E. A., Acidi A., Altschul R. (2012) Estimation of suspended sedyment transport in the Kebir drainage basin, Algeria, Quaternary International, 262, 25–31, DOI:10.1016/J.QUAINT.2010.08.016.
• Morsli B., Mazour M., Mededjel N., Hamoudi A., Roose E. (2004) IInfluence of land use on the risks of runoff and erosion on the semi-arid slopes of northwestern Algeria [Influence de l’utilisation des terres sur les risques de ruissellement et d’´erosion sur les versants semi-arides du nord-ouest de l’Alg´erie], S´echeresse, 15 (2), 96–104.
• Mosaid H., Barakat A., Bustillo V., Rais J. (2022) Modeling and mapping of soil water erosion risks In the Srou basin (Middle Atlas, Morocco) using the EPM model, GIS and magnetic susceptibility, Journal of Landscape Ecology, 15 (1), 126–147, https://doi.org/10.2478/jlecol-2022-0007.
• Mostephaoui T., Merdas S., Sakaa B., Hanafi M., Benazzouz, M. (2013) Mapping of water erosion risks by applying the universal soil loss equation using a geographic information system in the watershed Analysis and Mapping of Water Erosion Vulnerability Using GIS. . . 87 of Al Hamel (Boussaada) Algeria [Cartographie des risques d’´erosion hydrique par l’application de l’equation universelle de pertes en sol a l’aide d’un systeme d’information geographique dans le bassin versant d’Al Hamel (Boussaada) Algerie], Journal Alg´erien des R´egions Arides, 12 (1), 131–147, https://www.asjp.cerist.dz/en/article/76912.
• Roose E. (1977) Erosion and runoff in West Africa, twenty years of measurements in experimental plots [Erosion et ruissellement en Afrique de l’Ouest, vingt ann´ees de mesures en parcel les exp´erimentales], Paris: ORSTOM, 108 p. (Travaux et Documents de l’ORSTOM; 78). ISBN 2-7099-0480-2.
• Tadrist, N., Debauche, O., Xanthoulis, D. (2016) mpact of erosion on dam siltation, coastal groundwater recharge and marine intrusions in the semi-arid Mediterranean zone: Case of the Boukourdane dam (Algeria) [Impact de l’´erosion sur l’envasement des barrages, la recharge des nappesphr´eatiques cˆoti`eres et les intrusions marines dans la zone semi-aride m´editerran´eenne: Cas du barrage de Boukourdane (Alg´erie)], Biotechnologie, Agronomie, Socieet¨e et Environnement, 20 (4), DOI:10.25518/1780-4507.13281.
• Touaibia, B. (2010) Problems of erosion and solid transport in Northern Algeria [Probl´ematique de l’´erosion et du transport solide en Alg´erie septentrionale], S´echeresse, 21 (4), 333–335, doi: 10.1684/sec.2010.0281.
• Touahir, S., Asri, A., Remini, B., Saad, H. (2018) Prediction of water erosion in the watershed of Oued Zeddine and siltation of the Ouled Mellouk dam (North-West Algeria) [Pr´ediction de l’´erosion hydrique dans le bassin versant de l’Oued Zeddine et de l’envasement du barrage Ouled Mellouk (Nord-Ouest Alg´erien)], G´eomorphologie: Relief, Processus, Environnement, 24 (2), 167–182.https://doi.org/10.4000/geomorphologie.12083.