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Flood Hazard Mapping in Western Luxor, Egypt using Remote Sensing and Spatial Analyses

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Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

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Watershed management is critical to sustainable development. The topographical, and hydrogeomor-phological conditions in the western part of the Luxor region give rise to sudden floods. The purpose of the present study is to map the flood hazard zones in the western part of Luxor by using: 1- linear Watershed  Index Model  (LWIM) through the identification of 24 morphometric parameters; 2- DEM, as input to the  GIS environment, using the Arc hydro-Tool; 3- Remote sensing (RS), is built into GIS to detect LU /LC via supervised classification of Landsat images, for the year 1991/2021, and Dreanig density (Dd) maps; 4- Integration of LWIM, Dd, and LU/LC maps. Results indicated that agricultural land increased by approximately (292.7 km2), while urbanization increased by (43 km2) between 1991 and 2021, expanding toward the western structure plateau. This study concluded that flood areas west of Luxor are confined to the desert area west of cities Luxor - Arment, and Isna. These areas represent 13.25 % of the hazard flooding zones. The study proposed to establish small dams with diversion channels in the way of the mainstream channels with high orders 4th and directed the water of flood to new canals which joined with the main canals in the study area, re-design of the desert zone west of Luxor.

DOI

10.21608/cat.2022.274373

Keywords

Flash flood hazard, GIS, Hydmorphometric parameters, Luxor, Remote Sensing, Topographic hazard

Authors

First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Aly

MiddleName

Gebril

Affiliation

Geochemical studies Department, central laboratories, Egyptian Mineral Resources Authority (EMRA), Egypt.

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drmohamedaly4@gmail.com

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28601252801579

First Name

Maie

Last Name

El-Gammal

MiddleName

Ibrahim

Affiliation

Environment Sciences Department, Faculty of Science, Damietta University, New Damietta, Egypt

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mgammal_147@yahoo.com

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Damietta

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First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

El-Zeiny

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Environmental Studies Department, National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences (NARSS), CAIRO, Egypt

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narss.ahmed@gmail.com

City

Cairo

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First Name

Mervat

Last Name

Mossad

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A

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Environment Sciences Department, Faculty of Science, Damietta University, New Damietta, Egypt

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mervat.mossad@yahoo.com

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New Damietta

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0000-0003-4624-816X

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26

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1

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38230

Issue Date

2022-12-01

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2022-07-01

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2022-12-01

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1

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18

Print ISSN

1687-5052

Online ISSN

2090-2786

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Catrina: The International Journal of Environmental Sciences

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22 Jan 2023