Validation of GLASOD Map for Sediment Sources and Erosion Processes Identification in the Nyumba Ya Mungu Reservoir Catchment

Validation of GLASOD Map for Sediment Sources and Erosion Processes Identification in the Nyumba Ya Mungu Reservoir Catchment

The main objective of this paper is to report on the preliminary validation results of the Global Assessment of Soil Degradation (GLASOD) as a tool for mapping sediment sources in Tanzania. This study was carried out in a well studied catchment, the Nyumba Ya Mungu (NYM) reservoir catchment located in the upstream of Pangani River Sub-basin. Previous studies in the same catchment used quantitat...

Compare the MPSIAC and EPM Models for Estimating Erosion and Sediment in poorahmadi catchment

to estimating erosion and sediment in the Poorahmadi watershed basin, MPSIAC and EPM models was used and compared.  Part of Required data about natural characteristics of studing watershed basin provided from comprehensive studies of Watershed Basin and the other part prepared through digital image processing and preparing required maps  using RS and GIS joint capabilities.  With calculating th...

Teaching Case Studies in Reservoir Siltation and Catchment Erosion*

Waters flowing in streams and rivers have the ability to scour channel beds, to carry particles (heavier than water) and to deposit materials. This phenomenon of sediment transport can affect substantially the design of reservoirs. The paper describes four case studies of siltation which rendered useless water storage structures in less than 25 years. Although each dam had advanced structural f...

A Catchment-Scale Model of Road Erosion and Sediment Delivery

Unsealed roads and tracks are potentially significant sources of diffuse pollutants, particularly sediment. Identifying critical diffuse pollutant sources and their transport potential can greatly improve catchment-scale water quality management. This study describes the application and ongoing development of a road erosion and sediment transport model in the Moruya-Deua and Tuross River catchm...

Soil erosion and reservoir siltation at catchment scale