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Morphometric analysis and flash floods of Wadi Sudr and Wadi Wardan, Gulf of Suez, Egypt: using digital elevation model

التحليل المورفومتري ومخاطرالسيول لوادي سدر ووادي وردان بساحل خليج السويس- مصر باستخدام نموذج الإرتفاعات الرقمية

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Application of geographic information systems and remote sensing are a powerful tool for the assessment of risk and management of flood hazards. By using these techniques to extract new drainage network with more details to prepare natural hazard maps which may help decision makers and planners to put suitable solutions reducing the impact of these hazards. Ras Sudr city and surrounding area had been attacked by flash floods of Wadi Sudr and Wadi Wardan which are nearly perpendicular to the eastern side of the Gulf of Suez, Egypt, and many infrastructures had destroyed. GIS techniques and remote sensing are used to find the interrelation between the morphometric parameters by using statistical correlation to determine the area under varying flood conditions. The results of morphometric parameters and the new data of last flood which occurred on 17-18th January 2010 indicate that the two basins are threatened by the risk of flash floods and Wadi Wardan is more risky than Wadi Sudr.

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تقع مصر ضمن نطاق المناخ الصحراوي إلا أنها تتعرض أحيانا لموجات من الأمطار الغزيرة التي ينتج عنها سيولا جارفة. ومدينة رأس سدر والمنطقة المحيطة بها غالبا ما تهاجمها السيول من خلال وادي سدر ووادي وردان في الجانب الشرقي من خليج السويس وكان آخرها سيل 17, و18 يناير 2010 والتي نتج عنها خسائر اقتصادية هائلة وتدمير للبنية التحتية, وخلفت آثارا اجتماعية كبيرة وبعض الوفيات. ومع تقدم وسائل تقييم وتقدير السيول منها الأستشعار من بعد ونظم المعلومات الجغرافية أمكن من خلالها رسم شبكات التصريف بطريقة آلية بدقة وبالتالي تحديد مساحة أحواض التصريف وشبكاتها اعتمادا على نماذج الإرتفاعات الرقمية ومن ثم يمكن حساب كميات الامطار وتقدير حجم السيل. فضلا عن استخدام تلك التقنيات في تتبع السحب المتسببة في السيول والتنبؤ بوقت حدوثها. إضافة إلى رسم خريطة لدرجات الخطورة وتوزيعها. ومن نتائج الدراسة التي اعتمدت على السجل التاريخي للسيول, والمعاملات المورفومترية لأحواض الدراسة وبيانات السيل الاخير 2010 اتضح أن وادي وردان أكثر خطورة وأكبر في كمية المياه أثناء السيول وهو المتسبب في الدمار الكبير الذي نتج عن السيل الأخير والتي بلغت كمية المياه الناتجة عنه أكثر من 100م3/ث. كما تم أستخدام تقنية الإستشعار عن بعد ونماذج الإرتفاعات الرقمية في تحديد شبكات التصريف وتوزيع درجات الخطورة بالمنطقة.

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  1. National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics, Helwan, Cairo, Egypt

    Aiman Abdel-Lattif

  2. Faculty of Arts, Department of Geography, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt

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Abdel-Lattif, A., Sherief, Y. Morphometric analysis and flash floods of Wadi Sudr and Wadi Wardan, Gulf of Suez, Egypt: using digital elevation model. Arab J Geosci 5, 181–195 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-010-0156-8

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