Quantifying Tigris Riverbanks Stability of Southeast Baghdad City using BSTEM

Al-Madhhachi, Abdul-Sahib T.; Al-Mussawy, H. A.; Basheer, Mohammed I.; Abdul-Sahib, Ali A.

doi:10.1504/ijhst.2020.10018881

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“…The average annual precipitation (P) in the last row of Table 2 is used to estimate the flow rate of the eight watersheds. As anticipated by Al-Madhhachi et al's [20] study, large amounts of rainfall in 2018-2019 seasons fell in Iraqi-Iranian borders on these watersheds due to global warming phenomena.…”

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confidence: 58%

“…Ali [18] has discussed the negative effects on Iraqi water resources resulted by the Iranian actions. On the other hand, in wet water years (for instance, in recent years of 2018-2019), a large volume of runoff flows into Iraq, inundating vast surface area [20]. Therefore, water is flowing into Iraq during extreme floods only when the flow exceeds the storage capacity of the Iranian reservoirs.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Assessment of Surface Water Resources of Eastern Iraq

2019

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Large amounts of runoff is generated in western Iran and flows into eastern Iraq due to relatively intensive rainstorms along the international border line. Currently, most of this runoff is being wasted by evaporation instead of being stored and preserved for later uses. This paper is an attempt to (1) assess and harness the water resources of eastern Iraq, and (2) propose a storage scheme to use the harvested water in the water shortage times. The runoff of eight catchment areas (Mandali, Qazania, Tursaq, Mirzabad, Galal Badra, al-Chabbab, al-Teeb, and Dwaireeg) is estimated using regression equations derived for areas in the western and southern parts of the United States of America. Several models were selected from two states based on catchment area location, average terrain elevation, average annual precipitation, and slope of main stream. Observed runoffs of Tursaq, Galal Badra, and al-Chabbab streams are analyzed using normal probability plots. Statistical analysis shows that there is no a statistically significant difference between observed and predicted runoffs for different return periods. The study proposes a water reservoir to be constructed within al-Shiwiaja Marsh to accommodate runoff generated within Mandali, Qazania, Tursaq, Mirzabad, and Galal Badra streams. The capacity of the proposed reservoir is 3000 Mm3 and the expected inflow from these streams is projected to exceed the capacity of the reservoir. The proposed reservoir will contribute to the flow of the River Tigris during the non-rainy seasons. More studies are needed to propose and design a storage scheme for two remaining streams (al-Teeb and Dwaireeg).

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Assessment of Surface Water Resources of Eastern Iraq

2019

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“…Iraq, being the downstream riparian, has the least control on its water supplies [1]. The water crisis in the Euphrates and the Tigris basins may be explained by two factors: the lack of collaboration among the riparian countries and the absence of basin-wide water resources management plans [1,2].…”

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Hydrological Impact of Ilisu Dam on Mosul Dam; the River Tigris

2020

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The Ilisu Dam is part of the Turkish Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP) and is the largest dam on the Tigris River in Turkey. It is located on the main river course 65 km upstream of the Syrian and Iraqi border. The Ilisu Dam watershed is the same as that of the Mosul Dam in Iraq. Sharing the same watershed with the Mosul Dam and located upstream, the Ilisu Dam will usurp most of the watershed and deprive the Mosul Dam of most of its current inflow. This paper presents an assessment of the hydrological impact (basically predicts changes on future inflow) of the Ilisu Dam on the Mosul Dam. The assessment is based on the worst-case scenario. The analyses that are employed include geographic information system (GIS) techniques and regression models, along with statistical analyses to numerate expected future impacts on the Mosul Dam’s inflow distribution. Results reveal that the Ilisu will have a drastic impact on the inflow regime of the Mosul Dam. A reduction as high as 78% of the inflow of the Mosul Dam may occur if the operation of the Ilisu and the Cizre Dams is conducted with no consideration of downstream hydrological and environment impacts.

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“…Floods are one of the most frequently occurring and destructive natural disasters, and often cause significant losses in cities, which are social and economic centers [1,2]. Due to global climate change, extreme hydrometeorological events result in more frequent and severe urban flooding [3][4][5]. Urbanization is taking place worldwide, and urban infrastructure, such as municipal drainage systems, cannot accommodate urban development and expansion.…”

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Improved Framework for Assessing Vulnerability to Different Types of Urban Floods

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Vulnerability assessment is an essential tool in mitigating the impact of urban flooding. To date, most flood vulnerability research has focused on one type of flood, such as a pluvial or fluvial flood. However, cities can suffer from urban flooding for several reasons, such as precipitation and river levee overtopping. Therefore, a vulnerability assessment considering different types of floods (pluvial floods, fluvial floods, and compound flooding induced by both rainfall and river overtopping) was conducted in this study. First, a coupled urban flood model, considering both overland and sewer network flow, was developed using the storm water management model (SWMM) and LISFLOOD-FP model to simulate the different types of flood and applied to Lishui, China. Then, the results of the flood modeling were combined with a vulnerability curve to obtain the potential impact of flooding on different land-use classes. The results indicated that different types of floods could have different influence areas and result in various degrees of flood vulnerability for different land-use classes. The results also suggest that urban flood vulnerability can be underestimated due to a lack of consideration of the full flood-induced factors.

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Quantifying Tigris Riverbanks Stability of Southeast Baghdad City using BSTEM

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Assessment of Surface Water Resources of Eastern Iraq

Assessment of Surface Water Resources of Eastern Iraq

Hydrological Impact of Ilisu Dam on Mosul Dam; the River Tigris

Improved Framework for Assessing Vulnerability to Different Types of Urban Floods

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