Employing Geographic Information Systems in the Qualitative and Quantitative Assessment of Water Erosion in the Wadi (Dartu) Basin, West of Sulaymaniyah Governorate, North of Iraq Through the (EPM) Model

Authors

  • Wafa Mazen Abdullah Aliraqia University, College of Arts, Iraq,
  • Hanin Harith Ahmed Aliraqia University, College of Arts, Iraq,
  • Marwa Ali Hassoun Aliraqia University, College of Arts, Iraq,
  • Nour Abdel Karim Muhammad Aliraqia University, College of Arts, Iraq

Abstract

Using empirical model is one of the approaches of evaluating sediment yield. This research is aimed at predicting erosion and sedimentation in the (Dari to) basin in the west of Sulaymaniyah at Kurdistan Region, Iraq used EPM (erosion potential model) incorporating into GIS (geographic information system) software. This basin area is of this basin is about 336 km2. It has a range of vegetation, slope, geological, soil texture and land use types.

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2024-02-01

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Wafa Mazen Abdullah, Hanin Harith Ahmed, Marwa Ali Hassoun, & Nour Abdel Karim Muhammad. (2024). Employing Geographic Information Systems in the Qualitative and Quantitative Assessment of Water Erosion in the Wadi (Dartu) Basin, West of Sulaymaniyah Governorate, North of Iraq Through the (EPM) Model. Kurdish Studies, 12(2), 3109–3121. Retrieved from https://kurdishstudies.net/menu-script/index.php/KS/article/view/2410

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Vol. 12 No. 2 (2024): Kurdish Studies

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