Flood hazard in wadi rahbaa area, egypt
Soussa, Hoda; El Feel, A.A.; Alfy, S.Z.; Yousif, M.S.;
Abstract
In the last decade, attention has been devoted
to the southern part of the Egyptian Red Sea coast due
to the large touristic and mining activities. Egypt spares
no effort to develop it, to build new urban communities,
and to create new job opportunities. Many comprehensive
planning studies have been conducted. Many
luxurious tourist spots, airports, and harbors have been
constructed. These areas are subjected to flash floods,
which represent a frequent threat to these urbanization
activities that may cause losses in livelihood. By
analyzing the geomorphologic features of the study
area, intense stream networks are detected that, with
the available metrological data, require flood management
and analysis to mitigate the possible negative
effects and to benefit from the estimation of flood
water. Rahbaa basin is a sub-catchment of wadi Hodin.
Flash floods within this area threaten the Red Sea
coastal plain as well as the main coastal roads. It also
directly drained out to the sea, which leads to a loss of
huge amounts of flood water that is useful for arid
regions. Using geographic information system and
remote-sensing tools with the application of a comprehensive
graphical modeling (watershed modeling system)
supports the hydrological modeling of HEC-1. The
total amount of runoff is calculated and the hydrograph
of the 50-year return period is computed using rainfall
historical data.
to the southern part of the Egyptian Red Sea coast due
to the large touristic and mining activities. Egypt spares
no effort to develop it, to build new urban communities,
and to create new job opportunities. Many comprehensive
planning studies have been conducted. Many
luxurious tourist spots, airports, and harbors have been
constructed. These areas are subjected to flash floods,
which represent a frequent threat to these urbanization
activities that may cause losses in livelihood. By
analyzing the geomorphologic features of the study
area, intense stream networks are detected that, with
the available metrological data, require flood management
and analysis to mitigate the possible negative
effects and to benefit from the estimation of flood
water. Rahbaa basin is a sub-catchment of wadi Hodin.
Flash floods within this area threaten the Red Sea
coastal plain as well as the main coastal roads. It also
directly drained out to the sea, which leads to a loss of
huge amounts of flood water that is useful for arid
regions. Using geographic information system and
remote-sensing tools with the application of a comprehensive
graphical modeling (watershed modeling system)
supports the hydrological modeling of HEC-1. The
total amount of runoff is calculated and the hydrograph
of the 50-year return period is computed using rainfall
historical data.
Other data
Title | Flood hazard in wadi rahbaa area, egypt | Authors | Soussa, Hoda ; El Feel, A.A. ; Alfy, S.Z. ; Yousif, M.S. | Keywords | Flash flood . Runoff . Drainage system | Issue Date | 4-May-2010 | Publisher | Saudi Society for Geosciences 2010 | Journal | Arabian Journal of Geosciences | DOI | http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84928152250&partnerID=MN8TOARS 10.1007/s12517-010-0144-z http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84928152250&partnerID=MN8TOARS |
Scopus ID | 2-s2.0-84928152250 |
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