Mandana Shahnavaz; Mehdi Nourzadeh haddad; Ali Gholami; Ebrahim Panahpour
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Fertile soil loss is one of the negative effects of wind erosion that reduces soil productivity. In this research, the effect of two stabilizers has been studied for reducing nutrients loss of western Khuzestan soils in the soil laboratory of Ahvaz unit of Azad University in summer 2018. For this reason, ...
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Fertile soil loss is one of the negative effects of wind erosion that reduces soil productivity. In this research, the effect of two stabilizers has been studied for reducing nutrients loss of western Khuzestan soils in the soil laboratory of Ahvaz unit of Azad University in summer 2018. For this reason, wind erosion simulator was designed and built. The effectiveness of two stabilizers (anionic polyacrylamide polymer and vegetable-based mulch), in four concentration levels (0, 15, 30 and 60 percent) on three types of soils with three replications were studied in 47 km h-1 wind speed in the wind erosion simulator. In total, 72 soil samples were examined in a Factorial test and in the form of complete random design. Results showed that wind erosion happened between 27.04 and 44.7 gr m-2 min-1. Statistical analysis showed that there is a significant difference between the stabilizers and control. The polymer reduced soil loss by 99%. The vegetable-based mulch reduced soil loss more than 98% in Alvan and Hoveyzeh samples. But, in Borvayeh samples at 15 and 30 percent of concentrations soil loss has been reduced by 13 and 67 percent, respectively. The average loss of nitrogen, phosphorus and organic matter were 1.59, 0.64 and 0.6 gr m-2 min-1 that causes serious environmental and economic problems for the land exposed to erosion. The polymer reduced the loss of nitrogen, phosphorus and organic matter by 99 percent. The vegetable-based mulch reduced the loss of nitrogen, phosphorus and organic matter by 98 percent in Alvan and Hoveyzeh samples and 56.6 percent in Borvayeh samples. Using stabilizers with cultivation of native plants can stabilize the soil against wind erosion.
Hassan Goleij; Amirhamze Haghiabi; Mojtaba Saneie; Hojattallah Yonesi
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The percentage of flow diversion is the major cause of the formation of dimensions of separation zone such that with increasing the percentage of flow diversion, width and length of the separation zone decreased in the basic and sill experiments. However, by adding a 10ᵒskimming wall, the changing ...
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The percentage of flow diversion is the major cause of the formation of dimensions of separation zone such that with increasing the percentage of flow diversion, width and length of the separation zone decreased in the basic and sill experiments. However, by adding a 10ᵒskimming wall, the changing trend is different. At low percentage of flow diversion, dimensions of the eddy area decreased significantly and it increased with increasing the percentage of flow diversion. However, in general, the simultaneous usage of a 10 degree skimming wall and sill structures compared to basic and sill experiments, dimensions of separation zone in lateral intake decreased and the useful width of outlet flow at lateral intake increased and the separation zone and sediment accumulation at the entrance of lateral channel decreased. By examining the effect of the Froude number of flow (inlet flow) on dimensions of the eddy region, this parameter did not have any significant effect on it and its low impact could be connived. By investigating the width of separation line of flow in the surface and near the bed of channel bend, it was found that the flow diversion rate was the most important factor affecting this hydraulic parameter; since, at surface level of flow with increasing flow diversion ratio, this parameter increases and due to the creation of secondary flow and the change of surface flow pattern under the influence of the simultaneous application of a 10 degree skimming and dike structures, this parameter increases more. However, near the bed, in basic and sill experiments, this parameter increases with increasing flow diversion rate. However, the simultaneous application of 10-degree skimming and sill structures, the width of separation line of flow near the bed reduces by increasing the diverted flow
Reza Bayat; Afsaneh Alinejadian; majid soufi; abbas maleki; Omidali Akbarpour
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Recognition of influential factors is required for management of gully erosion. The purpose of this study was gully classification and determining the most effective variables on the soil loss in the Fath Abad, Buin Zahra in Qazvin Province. Twenty four gullies were selected, surveyed and recorded by ...
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Recognition of influential factors is required for management of gully erosion. The purpose of this study was gully classification and determining the most effective variables on the soil loss in the Fath Abad, Buin Zahra in Qazvin Province. Twenty four gullies were selected, surveyed and recorded by GPS, and their morphologic characteristics including length, width and depth were measured. Surface soil samples were taken from headcut and were analyzed for texture, EC, pH, organic matter and some anions and cations. Indices related to the form of watershed were extracted from the digital elevation model which derived from UAV image processing. The Ward method was used for cluster analysis of gullies and their properties. Factor analysis, the correlation between factors and multivariate regression were performed to determine important and effective factors on the formation of gullies in SPSS. The results of the research indicated that gullies have vertical headcuts, trapezoidal cross-sections and linear general plans. The average depth of headcuts, depth at 50% of the gully length and the average gully length were 0.4, 0.6 and 25 m, respectively. Soil texture was loam and average soil texture components including sand, silt and clay were 30, 46 and 24%, respectively. The mean EC and pH of the samples was 8 dSm-1 and 8.4 respectively. Linear correlation between the total volume of soil loss and other gully characteristics showed that the average cross section, average gully lower width and upper width, sand content, average gully depth and total length have meaningful correlation coefficients greater than 0.6 at 1% percent level. Also, multivariate regression results showed that the most effective factors on soil loss by gully erosion were saturation percentage, sand content, roundness coefficient, basin length and area respectively, which had more effect on soil loss prediction, which entered into the loss prediction equation.
Ali Jafari; Rasool Mahdavi; Arash Malekian; Hamid Gholami; Ahad Habibzadeh
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Groundwater is a major source of water. The management of these resources is very important answer for increasing drinking, agricultural and industrial water demands. Management measures need knowing the spatial and temporal behavior of groundwater. According to anomalous use of groundwater resources ...
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Groundwater is a major source of water. The management of these resources is very important answer for increasing drinking, agricultural and industrial water demands. Management measures need knowing the spatial and temporal behavior of groundwater. According to anomalous use of groundwater resources in this region and considering floods due to precipitation regime with severe rainfall, there is a need to investigate Hydro-geomorphological characteristics of quaternary deposits of Jam Plain. In this research, exploration-geophysical surveys of quaternary deposits within the Jam Plain was investigated. For this purpose, graphical methods, geo-electric sections draw, and preparing iso-resistance to different depths maps, reviews exploratory piezometer wells drilled within the Jam Plain by drawing the logs through the provision of wells and subsurface levels between wells; and finally, hydro-geomorphology relations of quaternary deposits were studied. Results showed that the minimum alluvial depth starts from 30 m in north-western margin at a distance of 500 m east of Jam Forest Park and its maximum depth of 95 m is in the north-western margin of the aquifer and 450 m south of Mehrbagh oil and gas well. The highest hydraulic conductivity coefficient of 2.5 m/day in Jam Plain belongs to Gachi well and its minimum of 1.06 m/day is related to Faramarzi well. Investigating the trend of changes of hydraulic conductivity coefficient showed that its rate in the eastern part of the study area was 2-2.5 m/day and decreases to 1-1.5 m/day in the western parts and in the north to south direction it decreases from 2-2.5 to 1-1.5 m/day. The spatial trend of changes in the coefficient of transmission capacity from east to west to the middle of the plain is approximately constant and is located on the floor of 180-200 m2/day, but in western areas it has fallen to 50-90 m2/day. The changes of this coefficient showed no significant changes in the north to south direction till the middle of the plain. But, decreased in the southern parts, which is the result of the reduction of the thickness of alluvium in these areas. Results demonstrated that 4810, 2186 and 5282 ha of the study area belongs to mountainous, hill and plateau and the middle areas between the plains and the mountains units.
Elyas Parvaresh; Rasol Mahdavi; Arash Malekian; Yahya Esmaelpour; Arashk Holisaz
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Exact estimation of flood-water peak discharge and prioritizing the flooding potential in subwatersheds in main watersheds is necessary (because of cost, watershed restoring is not practicable in all subwatersheds), moreover flood may occur only in some specefic subwatersheds. This study was conducted ...
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Exact estimation of flood-water peak discharge and prioritizing the flooding potential in subwatersheds in main watersheds is necessary (because of cost, watershed restoring is not practicable in all subwatersheds), moreover flood may occur only in some specefic subwatersheds. This study was conducted in Sarkhoon watershed of Bandarabbas (South of Iran) with the aim of developing a flood prioritizing method in small catchments. The resarch was carried out using ElectreIII and Fuzzy Topsis methods belonging to multicriteria models. For the analysis, 7 criterions were selected that includes: Basin mean weight slope, gravilus coefficient, permeability, runoff coefficient, shape coefficient, vegetation cover and rainfall intensity with 25, 50 and 100 years return periods. Then the criterion weights were determined using AHP method and for selecting the best hierarchy and function of electre III and Fuzzy Topsis, the spearman coefficient were utilized and the results showed a correlation coefficient of 0.8 between predicted and actual flood peak values. In the final step the combination method for the final prioritizing was adopted. Results showed that subwatersheds 18-1-1, 14 and 18-1-2 have more flooding peak. It was concluded that the combination method can promise as a suitable method for prioritizing the flooding potential in subwtersheds.
Leila Esmaeelnejad; Hassan Ramezanpour; Javad Seyedmohammadi
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Marls are the most talented geological formation of erosion and produce large amount of sediments that annihilate fertile soil and deduct the capacity of dams. Erosion in marls depends on external factors such as distribution of rainfall and internal factors which include soil physical and mineralogical ...
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Marls are the most talented geological formation of erosion and produce large amount of sediments that annihilate fertile soil and deduct the capacity of dams. Erosion in marls depends on external factors such as distribution of rainfall and internal factors which include soil physical and mineralogical properties. Therefore, the objective of this research was to determine erosion variations because of the changes of physical and mineralogical properties of marls in arid regions of Guilan Province (Gilevan region) located in Northern Iran. The concerned soil physical properties of marly lands were percentage of saturation, surface gravels, sands, silts, clays, fine sands, fine clays, and the level of bulk density, mean weight diameter (MWD) of soil aggregates (dry sieve), liquid limit, plastic limit, activity and ratio of fine clay to total clay. In addition, four samples from Marly soils were prepared for X-ray diffraction analysis. Comparing the average of physical factors with different type of erosion by means of Duncan multiple range test showed that the percentage of clays, fine clays, saturation, and the level of MWD, liquid limit and activity showed significant changes (p<0.05) in some types of erosion, whereas other measured parameters had no significant effect on the form and type of erosion. Furthermore, results of X-ray diffraction showed the presence of smectitic group clay minerals that are dispersive (2:1 clays), in badland and gully areas, while these types of clay minerals were not found in areas with rill and sheet erosion. Hence, with respect to the results of this research, it can be concluded that mineralogical properties such as smectitic clays, as well as some soil physical characteristics such as clay percentage, fine clay and mean weight diameter are the main factors controlling the shape and form of erosion in marly lands of Northern Iran.
Farzad Heidari; Razieh Saboohi
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This research was carried out aiming to investigate positive and negative aspects of watershed practices and their effects on quantity and quality of water resources in Budejan River basin. This river is one of the main branches of Shour-Dehaghan River and its area plays an important role in supplying ...
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This research was carried out aiming to investigate positive and negative aspects of watershed practices and their effects on quantity and quality of water resources in Budejan River basin. This river is one of the main branches of Shour-Dehaghan River and its area plays an important role in supplying water for lower lands. In this regard, meteorological data, hydrology and other information and maps were collected. The volume of dam reservoirs and the amount of rainfall within two years of the project were measured by field studies and hydrology studies were carried out by field measurement and assessment of hydrologic conditions of the basin. Results showed that the water content generated by these practices is enough to recharge groundwater. Construction of dams tended to decrease water flow rate and reduced the destructive effects of seasonal flood and with increasing water infiltration rate, it has increased aquifer recharge in the study area. The low volume of dam reservoirs has not caused irregularity in water supply of downhill lands. However, the lack of proper management of these operations and the excessive development of gardens and agricultural lands, due to the ease of access to water, overshadow positive results of watershed practices and offset it by a very high cost.
Hamidreza Peyrowan; Mohammad Karimi Khaledi; Ziaeddin Shoaee; Ramin Sarikhani
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In this study, marls ofsouth of Hassan Abad and Varamin in Tehran Province, including the marls of Upper Red Formation unit M3 and Pliocene marls of unit Plm in slopes of five5, 20 and 40 percents were evaluated in terms of shape and intensity of erosion, physical, chemical, engineering and dispersion ...
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In this study, marls ofsouth of Hassan Abad and Varamin in Tehran Province, including the marls of Upper Red Formation unit M3 and Pliocene marls of unit Plm in slopes of five5, 20 and 40 percents were evaluated in terms of shape and intensity of erosion, physical, chemical, engineering and dispersion features. Accordingly, 20 samples were taken from mentioned marl formations. To achieve predetermined goals, granulometry, Atterberg limits, chemical analysis such as cations and anions, SAR, TDS, EC and double hydrometery and pinhole were tested. Results of double hydrometery tests on 18 samples indicated that only three have low dispersion degree Which are related to marls of unit M3 in undisturbed samples of station 1 with the form of gully erosion, station 2 with 40% slope and surface erosion and station 5 with 5% slope and channel erosion. According to the pinhole test, from 17 samples, 12 samples were classified as non dispersive and five samples as low to moderate dispersive classes. In this test, the majority of the samples with channel erosion and some samples with gully erosion showed low to moderate dispersion rate. Other erosion forms such as surface and rill erosion showed non-dispersive behavior. Based on chemical properties of the Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) and Sodium Percentage (PS), in Casagrande chemical graph, the majority of samples are clssified as dispersive soil, one sample with surface erosion in the boundary of dispersion and one sample with rill erosion as dispersive with the probability of 50%. In modified Sherard chemical method, all samples are classified as non dispersive soils. These results have no conformity with other physical and chemical methods so this classification is not acceptable. African chemical method showed better results compared to other chemical methods. In this method, half of the samples were classified as dispersive and the other half as non-dispersive. According to chemical and physicalstandards, dispersion phenomenon has been seen in all forms of surface, rill, gully and channel erosion. It has been concluded that marl soils are potentially dispersive under the influence of chemical and physical factors, even if they show surface and rill erosion forms, at the time of sampling. In other words, if the necessary conditions such as slope sleepness and runoff concentration occure in these soils, surface and rill erosion forms can be developed to dispersive forms such as channel and gully erosion types.
mohammad mehrabi; Saeid Hamzeh; Seyed Kazem alavipanah; Majid Kiavarz; Ruhollah Ziaee
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Soil moisture is one of the key parameters in watershed and water resources studies. Field measurement of this parameter is extremely difficult, time-consuming and costly. Hence, in recent years, numerous satellite-based methods for estimating and modeling soil moisture have been developed and presented. ...
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Soil moisture is one of the key parameters in watershed and water resources studies. Field measurement of this parameter is extremely difficult, time-consuming and costly. Hence, in recent years, numerous satellite-based methods for estimating and modeling soil moisture have been developed and presented. Among proposed methods, surface energy models performed better and have a higher degree of accuracy because of their physical nature. But, due to their particular complexity, they have been used rarely. Therefore, this research was carried out to estimate soil moisture using Landsat 8 Satellite imagery and Surface Energy Balance System (SEBS) near the Shadegan Wetland, located in the south-west of Iran. For this purpose, volumetric soil moisture content was measured at 39 points on 27 June 2016, simultaneous with the overpass of Landsat 8 Satellite over the study area. After necessary image processing, the was calculated using the applying the SEBS on satellite image. Then, the evaporation fraction was used as the main input in an experimental model (saturation ratio model) for estimating the soil moisture. Results showed the good ability of the model for estimating soil moisture with the coefficient of determination of 0.69 and the RMSE error value of 0.03 . It can be concluded that combination of remote sensing data, surface energy balance system and the experimental model of soil moisture can be used for modeling soil moisture in a large scale.
Mohammad Gheitury; Mosayeb Heshmati; Yahya Parvizi; Mahmoh Arabkhedri; Mahmod Tabatabaei; Khosroo Shahbazi
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Now a day, carbon sequestration is an important issue due to its serious role on global warming. The aim of this research was to evaluate mechanical measure of check dams on vegetation cover and soil carbon storage in watersheds of Kermanshah Province, Iran. These check dams were constructed in the drainage ...
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Now a day, carbon sequestration is an important issue due to its serious role on global warming. The aim of this research was to evaluate mechanical measure of check dams on vegetation cover and soil carbon storage in watersheds of Kermanshah Province, Iran. These check dams were constructed in the drainage systems to reduce surface runoff velocity and optimize channel slope. Small sedimentary dams are made by gabions and dry structures. The soil and vegetation characteristics of the areas under mechanical operation and its control (severe grazing and grazing management) by field survey in selected sites of Gilan Ghab, Kangavar and Sarfirozabad. The plant biomass including canopy cover and plant root as well as plant litter were samplled along transect path using the quadrat plot. 36 soil sampls were collected from 0-20 cm of soil depths and were air dried and sieved through two milimeter mesh and analyzed in the soil laboratory. Soil organic carbon was measured by the Walkley and Black method and statistical analysis was carried out using SPSS software (version 19). Results showed that both mechanical (check dams) contributed to store 49.28 tonha-1 of carbon which was significantly lower than biological measures. It was concluded that vegetation cover has the most effects on carbon sequestration of the rangelands compared to mechanical methods.
Mahdis Amiri; Hamidreza Pourghasemi; Gholam Abbas Ghanbarian; Sayed Fakhredin Afzali
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Gully erosion is one of the most important advanced (accelerated) forms of water erosion; so, identification and consideration of effective factors and its zoning is one of the important tools for controlling this phenomenon. The main purpose of the present study is spatial modeling and assessment of ...
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Gully erosion is one of the most important advanced (accelerated) forms of water erosion; so, identification and consideration of effective factors and its zoning is one of the important tools for controlling this phenomenon. The main purpose of the present study is spatial modeling and assessment of gully erosion using a probabilistic Weights-of-evidence (WofE) model and its different scenarios for selecting the location of gullies identified in Maharloo Watershed, Fars Province. For this aim, first, using extensive field observations, points of headcut, end, and also the boundary of the gullies (gully polygons) were identified and the gully inventory map for the study area was prepared. Then, thematic layers such as percent slope, slope aspect, plan curvature, elevation, Topographic Wetness Index, average annual precipitation, NDVI, land use, lithological units, distance from river, distance from road, drainage density, and some soil characteristics (percent silt, percent clay, EC and pH) were identified as effective factors on gully occurrence and their maps were prepared and classified in GIS environment. In the next step, using WofE algorithm, the relationship between effective factors and three different scenarios according to gully locations (head, end and gully polygons) were determined and the weight of each factor's classes was calculated. Ultimately, gully erosion zonation maps were prepared in the ArcGIS software environment. Evaluation of three gully erosion zoning maps using the ROC curve and 30% of unused gullies in the modeling process indicated that the accuracy of the models prepared based on three scenarios are 0.847, 0.861 and 0.792, respectively. Also, results of layer weighting using WofE model indicated that rainfall increasing, high drainage density, high silt percentage, low altitudes, southern directions, low distances from roads and river, Asmari, Aghajari, Razak, Gachsaran, Mishan and Sachun geological formations, as well as bare lands, have played an effective role in the occurrence of gully erosion in the study area. In order to control and prevent this kind of erosion in the Maharlo Watershed, the protective measures and watershed management were performed in the early stages.
Ali Salehi; Kamran Pourmoghadam; Aliakbar Noroozi; Amir eslam Bonyad
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In recent years, a considerable part of the western oak forests of the country has been faced with drought and decline. Initial studies have identified one of the factors affecting oak forest dryness as increasing frequency and severity of dust phenomenon. In this study, the MODIS sensors with a resolution ...
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In recent years, a considerable part of the western oak forests of the country has been faced with drought and decline. Initial studies have identified one of the factors affecting oak forest dryness as increasing frequency and severity of dust phenomenon. In this study, the MODIS sensors with a resolution of 1 km and 250 m and meteorological data of Kermanshah Province synoptic stations over a 15-years period (2014-2000) was used to investigate the dust phenomenon and the process of forest vegetation changes in the region. Dust intensity was investigated using visibility data and unsupervised image classification method. Also, in this study, the relationship between the occurrence of dust and vegetation changes in oak forests was investigated. Survey of dust events showed that Kermanshah Province had the highest number of dust events in 2008 and 2009, respectively. The highest incidence of severe dust was in 2012. In addition, satellite imagery and spectral indices also showed that the highest reduction of vegetation in dense forests (>50% canopy cover) by 67% and with an overall accuracy of 62% in the south and southeast of Kermanshah Province and at the border of Lorestan and Ilam provinces has happened. Results also showed that the frequency of dust phenomenon is highly correlated (70%) with the phenomenon of oak forest degradation; and dust has the effect of reducing the greenness of oak forests in Kermanshah province.
mohammad ekrami; Rasool Mahdavi Najaf abadi; Marzieh Rezai; hassan vagharfard; Jalal Barkhordari
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In recent decades, among natural disasters, the frequency of agricultural drought has been higher than other natural disasters. The best way to management of agricultural drought was to management drought-stricken society. The purpose of this study was to assess the vulnerability and spatial analysis ...
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In recent decades, among natural disasters, the frequency of agricultural drought has been higher than other natural disasters. The best way to management of agricultural drought was to management drought-stricken society. The purpose of this study was to assess the vulnerability and spatial analysis of drought in Pishkuh watershed in Yazd province. the effective parameters in the vulnerability of agricultural drought in the region became information layers, and after weighting the layers in terms of the importance of agricultural drought vulnerability in the framework of multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) Agricultural drought in the study area was prepared. In order to control, monitoring and evaluation the final map, field studies of the study area were also used. The results showed that the highest weight of the effective parameters in drought vulnerability was related to the precipitation parameter, the value of which is equal to 0.31, and the lowest weight was related to the slope parameter with a value of 0.05. According to the obtained results, the most vulnerable agricultural droughts were related to Sanich, Darashir, Darasir, Eshkaft, Morok, etc. Geomorphologically, these areas were considered to be high and mountainous, more severe than plain areas due to the low depth of sediments, coarse-grained soil texture and aquatic resources (Qanats), mainly their vulnerability to drought, and In terms of time, they suffer more quickly, in other words, they suffer a lot of damage in the short term. While areas such as Islamia, Nasrabad, Mazrea Akhund, Hemmatabad , etc. were in a lower degree of agricultural drought damage. The results indicate that the degree of damage to agricultural drought estimated in the final map is in line with the findings of field studies. Therefore, the map of agricultural drought vulnerability has acceptable and desirable accuracy.
Adele Alijanpour Shalmani; Alireza Vaezi; Mahmoudreza Tabatabaei
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Analysis of suspended sediment load data in rivers is the basis for understanding the trend of erosion and sediment in the management and planning of soil and water resources. Due to lack of access to daily suspended sediment loading data with direct measurement, it is important to use methods for modeling ...
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Analysis of suspended sediment load data in rivers is the basis for understanding the trend of erosion and sediment in the management and planning of soil and water resources. Due to lack of access to daily suspended sediment loading data with direct measurement, it is important to use methods for modeling and estimating it in watersheds. One of the best methods used in this field is the use of artificial neural networks. To evaluate daily suspended sediment load, Sira hydrometric station was studied in Karaj River watershed. The number of data used in this study included 624 information records of 31 years (1981–2011) statistical period .Input data to the artificial neural network models included instantaneous flow discharge, average daily flow discharge, average daily flow discharge with a delay of three days, average daily precipitation and average daily precipitation with a delay of three days. Output data to models was daily suspended sediment load. In this research, gamma test and genetic algorithm were used to obtain optimal variables and best combination of variables for entering the model. Then, these combinations with some combination of test and error variables were entered to artificial neural network models. The self-organizing map neural network was used for data clustering and all data were divided into three homogeneous groups: 70 percentage training data, 15 percentage validation data and 15 percentage test data. Then, the combination of variables entered to neural network models with activation functions log sigmoid and tangent sigmoid. The results showed that the neural networks using the optimal variable combinations in comparison with manual combinations have a more accurate estimate for suspended sediment load. In all combinations of inputs to neural network models, a model with tangent sigmoid activation function, with input variables combination including, instantaneous flow discharge (Q), average daily flow discharge (Qi), average daily flow discharge for two day ago (Qi-2), average daily flow discharge for three day ago (Qi-3), average daily precipitation (Pi), average daily precipitation for two day ago (Pi-2) and average daily precipitation for three day ago (Pi-3), was the best model for estimating daily suspended sediment load. This model has the lowest of error (MAE=500.05 (ton/day), RMSE=1995.33(ton/day) and Erel=7%), the highest accuracy (R2=0.96), the highest performance model (NSE=0.96) and has the lowest general standard deviation (GSD=0.97) compared to other models. Also, this model is the best combination with the most influential input variables derived from gamma test and genetic algorithm for estimating SSL.
Zahra Veiskarami; Babak Pilehvar; Ali Haghizadeh
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This study aimed to detect the effects of anthropogenic disturbance on vegetation changes based on conservatism species concept and its relation to environmental factors in two protected vs disturbed area. The study area, Shine Qelaii gall oak forests, located in 88 Km from the north west of Khoramababd. ...
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This study aimed to detect the effects of anthropogenic disturbance on vegetation changes based on conservatism species concept and its relation to environmental factors in two protected vs disturbed area. The study area, Shine Qelaii gall oak forests, located in 88 Km from the north west of Khoramababd. Multiscale sampling plots were used randomly to collect data on forest floor vegetation, trees, soils, and other environmental factors. Among collected plant specimens, conservatism species were identified and DCA and CCA ordination methods were applied to determine correlation between plant species and environmental factors, plant diversity also were investigate by nonparametric numerical diversity indices. The most effective environmental factors on distinction among vegetation communities were determined by PCA ordination method. Based on the results, more invasive species and less richness and diversity indices were seen on the disturbed forest type compare to the protected one. A positive correlation was seen in ground flora vegetation and soil nutrients. Altitude, canopy cover, exposure, OC, K, N, P, clay, sand, and bulk density were the most effective environmental factors on vegetation types. This study showed that conservatism species concept together choosing two close and same watershed can eliminate confused factors and resulted to more accurate determination of conservation management effects on vegetation composition
Mehdi Khalajzadeh; Gorban Vahabzadeh; Sadat Feiznia; Aliakbar Nazarisamani; Seyed Ramzan Mousavi
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Identification of hydrogeomorphic processes such as normal flood, debris flood and debris flow on alluvial fan (at the outlet of the watershed) is essential due to the type of sedimentary regime and various hazards. In recent years, the lack of field information has led to the need to use models based ...
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Identification of hydrogeomorphic processes such as normal flood, debris flood and debris flow on alluvial fan (at the outlet of the watershed) is essential due to the type of sedimentary regime and various hazards. In recent years, the lack of field information has led to the need to use models based on basic watershed information. The aim of this study is to develop a practical method for predicting the occurrence of various types of flood flow, using physical and geomorphological characteristics of watersheds. In this study, a descriptive-analytical method and some of tools, such as aerial photographs, satellite images, topographic maps were used. First, by descriptive method, field evaluation of sediments of various types of flood currents was carried out on July 19, 2015 in 70 sub-watersheds of in Karaj Dam Watershed. Results showed that out of 70 sub-basins, 30 sub-basins, debris flow, 16 sub-basin debris flood and 24 sub-basins were normal floods. Then, in the analytical method, 32 geomorphometric features of watersheds by 25-meter spatial digital model (DEM) and five geomorphological features of sub-watersheds by mass movement maps were extracted and then were transferred to the SPSS statistical program to determine the relationship with the type of flood flow. The results of ANOVA and Bonferroni multiple comparisons showed that four morphometric factors “main channel length, basin perimeter, mean basin width and basin length” were identified in differentiation of flood flow types. To achieve the two appropriate key parameters and threshold values, four variable pairwise were copaird by pair in six triple scatter plots. The results showed that “The main channel length (Lm) and the mean basin width (Wb)” has the least total errors of the observation streams, were selected as the most appropriate factors for predicting flood flows. In long basins with Lm>4 km, normal flooding occurs, and in short basins with Lm1 km, floods occur, and if Wb
Seyed Vahid Shahoei; Jahangir Porhemmat; Hossein Sedghi; Majid Hosseini; Ali Saremi
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Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) is a continuous and semi-distributive model which can simulate the hydrological processes in basins on daily, monthly and yearly time scales through a wide range of information such as physical data of basins (soil, land use, slope) as well as weather information ...
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Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) is a continuous and semi-distributive model which can simulate the hydrological processes in basins on daily, monthly and yearly time scales through a wide range of information such as physical data of basins (soil, land use, slope) as well as weather information such as precipitation, temperature, wind, relative humidity, solar radiation and connectivity to geographic information systems (GIS). In this research, the monthly runoff of Ravansar Sanjabi basin (1260 ), in Kermanshah Province of Iran is simulated through SWAT hydrological model. Runoff simulation is done in a period of nine years from 2002 to 2010, where the first seven years of this period (2002-2008) is selected as a calibration period by using 14 various parameters and the two end years (2009 to 2010) as a validation period of model. The results of simulations during the calibration and validation periods are evaluated through two statistical indices namely Nash–Sutcliffe coefficient (NSE) and coefficient of determination (R2). According to compared simulated and observed monthly flow hydrographs and also calculated statistical coefficients, the SWAT model has acceptable results in simulating monthly runoff during both calibration and validation periods, so that the NSE and R2 coefficients are calculated equal to 0.7, 0.8 and 0.81, 0.9 for calibration and validation periods, respectively.
Alireza Arabameri; Mohammad hossein Ramshet; Khalil Rezaei; Masoud Sohrabi
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Nowadays, desertification as a great problem affects most of the countries in the world, especially developing countries. Desertification phenomenon that occurs in arid, semi-arid and dry semi-wet regions, will reduce the land potential. In this study MEDALUS model was applied for quantitative assessment ...
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Nowadays, desertification as a great problem affects most of the countries in the world, especially developing countries. Desertification phenomenon that occurs in arid, semi-arid and dry semi-wet regions, will reduce the land potential. In this study MEDALUS model was applied for quantitative assessment of desertification risk with emphasis on five criterion in Shahroud-Bastam Basin, because of easy style and data accessibility and also compatible with the effective indices on land degradation. For this purpose, first, the study area was divided into five homogeneous units. Then, five criteria including soil quality, climate, vegetation, management, erosion and 13 indicators were used for quantitative evaluation of desertification in homogeneous units. Index layers for each criterion were prepared using GIS. These indices were ranked in accordance with Modified MEDALUS model. The geometric mean was then calculated and map was produced for each criterion. Land degradation map of each homogeneous unit was prepared using the geometric mean criteria. Finally, from their combination, desertification susceptibility map produced. According to the results, climatic and erosion criteria with an average weight of 1.607 and 1.467, had the most effectiveness on desertification and vegetation with average weight of 1.377 had the least effectiveness. As a results, from the total of study area, with area of 7737.71 km2, 40% (3096.311 km) is located in the C3 class or extreme critical erosion, that requiring more attention to implement desertification control programs. Result of this research is a managing tool available for decision-making regarding the selection of priority areas in the fight against desertification.
Akram Lalozaei; Mohammadreza Dahmardeh Ghaleno; Mahdiye Ebrahimi
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The aim of this research is to study the impact the establishment of two types of windbreak, namely Tamarix aphylla and eucalyptus, on the soil characteristics in the Hamon plain, Sistan, Iran. In order, for each of the two species, a transect was set in 1.5 meter from plant canopy of the tree as treatment ...
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The aim of this research is to study the impact the establishment of two types of windbreak, namely Tamarix aphylla and eucalyptus, on the soil characteristics in the Hamon plain, Sistan, Iran. In order, for each of the two species, a transect was set in 1.5 meter from plant canopy of the tree as treatment and a transect in distance of 50 meters from the trees as control. 30 points on each transect was selected and soil samples were taken at three depths (0-10, 10-30, 30-60 cm).The data of electro conductivity, acidity, the ratio of carbon to nitrogen, organic matter, potassium, magnesium, calcium, sodium, and texture of the soil, were analyzed using the SPSS software, paired t-test and analysis of variance in a randomized block design. Results showed that with the construction of the two windbreaks, electro conductivity, organic matter, calcium, potassium, sodium and carbon to nitrogen ratio had a significant (95%) increase compared to the control region. Furthermore, results showed that Tamarix aphylla in compared to eucalyptus, caused more increase in sodium, electro conductivity, and soil salinity, despite the fact that it causes an increase in organic C/N, carbon to nitrogen ratio, calcium, and potassium. In general, compared to eucalyptus, Tamarix aphylla windbreak has a better compatibility with the climate in the region Positive impact on soil properties, increasing soil organic matter levels and in the Long-term will help improve soil structure and soil also increases the necessary materials (nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium), the has more positive effects on the characteristics of the soil.
Saeed Nabipay Lashkarian; Mahmood Arabkhedri; Samad Shadfar
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Accelerated soil erosion and the production and transfer of large amounts of sediment are considered as one of the most important issues in many parts of Iran. Having enough knowledge on soil erosion and sediment production as well as identification of critical areas are necessary in order to reduce ...
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Accelerated soil erosion and the production and transfer of large amounts of sediment are considered as one of the most important issues in many parts of Iran. Having enough knowledge on soil erosion and sediment production as well as identification of critical areas are necessary in order to reduce the adverse effects of this problem through soil and water conservation measures. Due to lack of gauge stations in the outlets’ of small watersheds, empirical models are considered as the proper tools for estimating soil erosion and sedimentation. One of these methods which was developed based on Meditranean sediment data, is the Factorial Scoring Model (FSM). Towards this, the main objective of this research is to compare estimated vs. observed sediment yields in some selected regions of Iran. For this purpose, 58 small chatchments equipped by reservoirs in their outlets were selected in Semnan, Central, Isfahan, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, West Azarbaijan, Lorestan, Fars, Golestan and Khorasan Razavi Provinces. The comparison of the results showed that all estimates of the original model (before calibration) are several times bigger than observed values obtained by surveying (0.44 to 459.44 t.km-2.y-1). In order to correct the model coefficients for Iran, calibration was performed in two scenarios; once using all data and in the second secenario after allocating data into three geographic regions, which in both cases resulted in significant improvement of estimates. The Nash‐Sutcliffe Efficiency coefficient for all catchments was 0.39, and for Central, Zagros and Northeast regions were 51.1, 0.66 and 0.78, respectively. Based on obtained findings, the application of original FSM must be avoided in study areas. Instead, we strongly recommend using calibrated models based on observational values for different geographic regions.
Masoud Bazgir; Davood Namdar Khojasteh
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Dust storm is a meteorological phenomenon which is common in arid and semi-arid regions. Dust storms are also one of the environmental concerns in Iran. There are different methods to control this phenomenon which some of them have limitations. Application of mulches is one of the ways to control ...
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Dust storm is a meteorological phenomenon which is common in arid and semi-arid regions. Dust storms are also one of the environmental concerns in Iran. There are different methods to control this phenomenon which some of them have limitations. Application of mulches is one of the ways to control and prevent dust storms. This study, aims to evaluate the behavior of biological, chemical and mineral mulches during one week in laboratory conditions and six months to stabilize the source of dust storm and improve the persistence of these mulches in Ilam Province. In order to study dust storm stabilization by these mulches, different tests were carried out including wind tunnel test, light and temperature stress effect on strength, pressure resistance, aggregate stability and soil loss. Wind erosion resistance determined in laboratory conditions by wind erosion simulation in 25 m s-1 for 15 minute of each treatment for both, one week and six months. According to the results, strength, pressure resistance, aggregate stability and wind tunnel simulation, three formulation of F4, F13 and F14 (zantan polymer-calcium carbonate, polyvinyl acetate-calcium carbonate and zantan-polyvinyl acetate) were recommended for stabilization of dust storm in Ilam Province. Generally, for soil stabilization suitable formulation based on climatic, soil physical and chemical properties are needed for each region.
Navid Ziaee; Majid Ownegh; Hamid Reza Asgari; Ali Reza Massah Bavani; Abdolrasoul Salman Mahini; Mohsen Hoseinalizadeh
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The effects of a change in the temperature and particularly precipitation around the world are not well known due to their complexity and spatial variations. In this research, the impacts of climate change on some climatic variables (temperature and precipitation) has been studied in Hableh Roud ...
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The effects of a change in the temperature and particularly precipitation around the world are not well known due to their complexity and spatial variations. In this research, the impacts of climate change on some climatic variables (temperature and precipitation) has been studied in Hableh Roud Basin due to ecological sensitivity and special situation of this area and HadCM3 model data were analyzed using LARS-WG model according to A2, B2 and A1B scenarios. The seasonal variations of precipitation, minimum and maximum temperature of the synoptic stations of Firouzkooh and Garmsar were investigated in two periods of 2030-2011 and 2046-2065. Results showed that precipitation between 0.23 to 0.48 mm will increase in the near future and will decrease between 0.08 to 0.15 mm in the middle future. The minimum temperature will increase between 0.5 to 0.67° C in near future and between 1.54 to 1.97° C for the middle future. Maximum temperature will increase in near future between 0.43 to 0.6° C and between 1.47 to 1.89° C in middle future. Finally, the climatic conditions of the Hableh Roud Basin will have a significant difference compared to current conditions in upcoming periods. Therefore, regarding to this issue, as well as awareness of the direct and indirect negative effects of climate change in the various parts of the basin (agriculture, water resources, environment, natural resources, health, industry and economics), long-term planning and strategic management of new situations is essential.
Hamed Haghnazar; Ramin Amini; Mojtaba Saneie
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Evaluation of mining methods and the volume of the bed and flood plain sand and gravel mining show that many problems will be created due to geometry and naturally changing of rivers, increasing of the flood power and environmental and ecological dangers. Hence, applying correct management on river sand ...
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Evaluation of mining methods and the volume of the bed and flood plain sand and gravel mining show that many problems will be created due to geometry and naturally changing of rivers, increasing of the flood power and environmental and ecological dangers. Hence, applying correct management on river sand and gravel mining can create many positive effects. In this research, the effect of locating of the consequent river bed material mining pits on their sedimentation is investigated in order mining management via an experimental study. Results indicated that, there is no perceptible effect on the infilling and migration velocity of the upstream pit by increasing the distance between the pits up to 16 times the flow depth. Also, mining near the wall of the channel (20% width of the channel) leads to decrease infilling volume up to 25% and decreases migration velocity of the upper edge of the upstream pit up to 37%. By increasing of the distance between the pits, infilling of downstream pit is decreased, but it depends on the distance between the downstream pit and the wall. When the distance between the pits doubles, migration velocity of the downstream pit decreases up to 70%. If the mining is located at the center of the channel and the pits are in close proximity, it creates more suitable condition due to the infilling and migration for upstream and downstream pits.
Zahra Rezghi; Mehdi Homaee; Aliakbar Noroozi
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Knowledge about soil texture is very important in agricultural studies due to its direct impact on other soil properties. However, determining the soil texture in vast areas requires a lot of time and money. For this reason, researchers are looking for ways to determine this important feature of the ...
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Knowledge about soil texture is very important in agricultural studies due to its direct impact on other soil properties. However, determining the soil texture in vast areas requires a lot of time and money. For this reason, researchers are looking for ways to determine this important feature of the soil on a large scale. One of these methods is the use of surface soil spectrometry. In this method, the choice of calibration method significantly affects the accuracy of measuring the characteristics of the surface. In this study, the performance of two regression techniques, namely, partial least-squares regression (PLSR), principal component regression (PCR) were compared to identify the best method to assess sand, silt and clay. For this purpose, 50 soil samples from Tehran province were collected and used as a data set for Calibration and Validation. Soil samples with different moisture levels (oven dry, 5, 10, 15 and 20 w/w) were scanned using a FieldSpec Pro Spectroradiometer with a measurement range of 350–2500 nm. The spectra were subjected to three pre-processed techniques, e.g., Savitzky–Golay (SG) smoothing, first derivative with SG smoothing (FD-SG), Normalization with SG smoothing (Normal-SG). The R2 results from cross-validation indicated that the PLSR model had a better performance than PCR. Normal + SG pre-processing method for clay loam texture and SG method for sandy clay loam texture showed better estimation of measured properties. The amount of R2 for clay was 0.74, 0.81, 0.97 and 0.87, respectively, in moisture content of oven dry, 5, 15 and 20% in clay loam texture And 0.95 and 0.61 at oven dry and 5% levels in sandy clay loam. Silt was better predicted by R2 0.67 in moisture content of 5% in clay loam texture and R2 0.97 in moisture content of 20% at sandy clay loam texture. Sand was also predicted (R2= 0.86 and 0.72) in moisture content of 5 and 10% in clay loam texture.
Mahmoudreza Tabatabaei; Amin Salehpour Jam
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Relationships between river water quality parameters and physical, geochemical and biological processes carried between basin resources (soil, vegetation, geology, land use, etc.), meteorological variables (temperature, precipitation, snowmelt, etc.), River hydrological variables (flow discharge), as ...
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Relationships between river water quality parameters and physical, geochemical and biological processes carried between basin resources (soil, vegetation, geology, land use, etc.), meteorological variables (temperature, precipitation, snowmelt, etc.), River hydrological variables (flow discharge), as well as human interventions are often very complex, nonlinear and non–deterministic in a way that makes their complete understanding impossible. In this situation, the use of computational intelligence (such as artificial neural networks) is a useful tool in simulating and estimating river water quality variables such as suspended sediment load. In the present study, by combining open source GIS libraries and neural network models (with and without supervisor), an intelligent GIS system has been designed and coded that can estimate daily suspended sediment load under univariate or multivariate conditions. The results of applying this system to Mazaljan River Watershed at Razin hydrometric station showed that this system is able to simulate suspended sediment load with proper performance and validation (with root mean square error of 1033 tonday-1, mean absolute error of 455 tonday-1 and Nash-Sutcliffe efficiency of 0.89 for the test data set). In general, this system can be used as a national infrastructure in the simulation and management of suspended sediment in all hydrometric stations in the country by relevant organizations.
