Identifying and prioritizing Sediment-prone areas at the sub-basin level of Tekeze watershed, Ethiopia

Hailu, Melese Baye; Mishra, Sumita; Jain, Sushma; Singh, Vijay P.

doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-1812865/v1

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“…The application of the SWAT model for the study of water resources and environmental assessments has shown significant progress in Africa [25]. The SWAT model application in Ethiopia is also progressive but limited to a few major river basins which have ground-measured data [26][27][28][29][30]. Hydrological modeling through SWAT is rare in ungauged basins due to a lack of data.…”

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Hydrological Modeling of the Kobo-Golina River in the Data-Scarce Upper Danakil Basin, Ethiopia

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A proper understanding of hydrological processes is vital for water resource assessment, management, and conservation at a local, national, and global scale. The role of hydrological models is critically important in rarely studied ungauged catchments including of Kobo-Golina, in the Danakil basin of Ethiopia. The main objective of this research is to model the hydrology of the Kobo-Golina catchment using the completely restructured SWAT (SWAT+) model. Validated reanalysis river flow from the Global Flood Awareness System (GloFAS) and actual evapotranspiration (AET) from Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) were used for single and multi-variable calibration. It is found that the multi-variable calibration scenario reasonably attained the minimum satisfactory performance limit for both variables (NSE = 0.67, R2 = 0.68, PBias = −9.68%, and RSR = 0.57 for calibration of GloFAS flow; and NSE = 0.56, R2 = 0.63, RSR = 0.66, PBias = 3.86 for calibration of MODIS AET). The model simulation showed that evapotranspiration accounts for 47% of the input water while surface runoff, lateral flow, and groundwater recharge account for 30%, 1.53%, and 21.4%, respectively. The simulated mean annual streamflow at the Basin outlet is 10.6 m3/s. The monthly low flow occurs in June with a median flow of 1.43 m3/s and a coefficient of dispersion of 0.67. High flows occur in August, with a median flow of 16.55 m3/s and a coefficient of dispersion of 1.55. The spatial distribution of simulated runoff was depicted as being higher in the floodplains and along the riparian/drainage lines, whereas upland areas showed lower runoff. The maximum monthly recharge occurs in September with a recharge value of 78.2 mm. The findings of the study suggested that both surface water harvesting and groundwater exploitation can be sought in floodplain areas while conserving the uplands.

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