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Development of Water Resources in Wadi Dihmit to Reclaim New Agricultural Lands

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Last updated: 28 Dec 2024

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Environmental engineering

Abstract

Addressing water scarcity requires innovative approaches, technological advancements, and sustainable water management practices. The main objective of the current study is to estimate the quantity of stored surface water to be used with the existing groundwater, which its locations and distributions were determined from the gathered field measurements and data, for reclaiming the new agricultural lands in Wadi Dihmit region. This study used Geographic Information System (GIS), Watershed Modeling System (WMS), and Remote Sensing (RS) to determine areas that are affected by flash floods and delineate the watersheds of Wadi Dihmit. GIS was used to assemble information from different maps, satellite images, and Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) to select the best location for constructing an obstruction dam. Wadi Dihmit is located in the Eastern Desert of Egypt and the eastern south region of Aswan. Wadi Dihmit is the largest Wadi in the Eastern Desert of Egypt after Wadi Al Allaqi. It starts at a distance about 25 kilometers southeast of the High Dam. The total area of Wadi Dihmit is 4925〖 km〗^2; more than 34% of this region is sandy and valley deposits, so the chance to reclaim this region is high. It is necessary to use modern irrigation methods in the reclamation lands of Wadi Dihmit. Based on the existing irrigated areas, which are surrounding Nasser Lake, it is possible to cultivate some kinds of plants, that can adapt to the high rates of temperature, evaporation, and salinity such as olives, dates, grapes, beat, corn, wheat, and medical plants.

DOI

10.21608/aujes.2024.301342.1260

Keywords

water resources, GIS, WMS, RS, and Wadi Dihmit

Authors

First Name

Shenouda

Last Name

Ghaly

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Affiliation

Civil Engineering Department, Arab Academy for Science Technology & Maritime Transport, Aswan, Egypt

Email

eng_noda@aast.edu

City

Aswan

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First Name

AHMED

Last Name

MAKY

MiddleName

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Affiliation

EGYPT ASWAN

Email

ahmed.saad.234678@gmail.com

City

ASWAN

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First Name

Gamal

Last Name

Abdel-Rahim

MiddleName

Abozeid

Affiliation

Civil Engineering Departments, Faculty of Engineering, Assiut University, Egypt. In recent: Loaned Prof. to the Higher Institute of Eng. & Tech., Elkouther, Sohag.

Email

gabozeid@yahoo.com

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First Name

Mohammed

Last Name

Elsahabi

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-

Affiliation

Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Aswan University, Egypt;

Email

mohamed.sahabi@aswu.edu.eg

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-

Orcid

0000-0002-6527-1990

Volume

5

Article Issue

3

Related Issue

50441

Issue Date

2024-09-01

Receive Date

2024-07-04

Publish Date

2024-09-01

Page Start

396

Page End

414

Print ISSN

2735-4229

Online ISSN

2735-4237

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https://aujes.journals.ekb.eg/article_379864.html

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Original Research

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1,615

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Publication Title

Aswan University Journal of Environmental Studies

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https://aujes.journals.ekb.eg/

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Development of Water Resources in Wadi Dihmit to Reclaim New Agricultural Lands

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28 Dec 2024