تحليل الخصائص الهيدرومورفومترية لحوض عرب في محافظة طرطوس

Abstract

The hydromorphometric study allows the interpretation of the processes responsible for giving the water basin its geomorphological characteristics, and the analysis of those characteristics to identify their impact on the hydrology of the basin.

This study was conducted in the Arab Basin, one of the main sub-basins of the Muntar Basin, located south of Tartous Governorate. It aimed to identify the hydromorphometric characteristics of the basin, and to describe its water drainage network, based on remote sensing data and employing them within the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) environment.

The results revealed that the basin area of ​​32.04 km² includes five river ranks with a total length of 107.94 km. The obtained hydromorphometric parameters showed results consistent with visual observations. It has been shown that the shape of the basin is closer to the pear shape, and that the basin represents areas of limited relief, and it is still in the early stage of its erosional cycle, and therefore it is characterized by low slope of waterways and weak erosional activity, which reduces the possibility of occurrence and risk of flooding in the areas through which the water network of the basin passes.

The results of this study can help in understanding the hydrological behavior of the basin and optimally exploiting its resources