Estimation of flood environmental effects using flood zone mapping techniques in Halilrood Kerman, Iran
High flood occurrences with large environmental damages have a growing trend in Iran. Dynamic movements of water during a flood cause different environmental damages in geographical areas with different characteristics such as topographic conditions. In general, environmental effects and damages cau...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4310191/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25649059 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40201-014-0153-z |
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author | Boudaghpour, Siamak Bagheri, Majid Bagheri, Zahra |
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description | High flood occurrences with large environmental damages have a growing trend in Iran. Dynamic movements of water during a flood cause different environmental damages in geographical areas with different characteristics such as topographic conditions. In general, environmental effects and damages caused by a flood in an area can be investigated from different points of view. The current essay is aiming at detecting environmental effects of flood occurrences in Halilrood catchment area of Kerman province in Iran using flood zone mapping techniques. The intended flood zone map was introduced in four steps. Steps 1 to 3 pave the way to calculate and estimate flood zone map in the understudy area while step 4 determines the estimation of environmental effects of flood occurrence. Based on our studies, wide range of accuracy for estimating the environmental effects of flood occurrence was introduced by using of flood zone mapping techniques. Moreover, it was identified that the existence of Jiroft dam in the study area can decrease flood zone from 260 hectares to 225 hectares and also it can decrease 20% of flood peak intensity. As a result, 14% of flood zone in the study area can be saved environmentally. |
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spelling | pubmed-43101912015-02-03 Estimation of flood environmental effects using flood zone mapping techniques in Halilrood Kerman, Iran Boudaghpour, Siamak Bagheri, Majid Bagheri, Zahra J Environ Health Sci Eng Research Article High flood occurrences with large environmental damages have a growing trend in Iran. Dynamic movements of water during a flood cause different environmental damages in geographical areas with different characteristics such as topographic conditions. In general, environmental effects and damages caused by a flood in an area can be investigated from different points of view. The current essay is aiming at detecting environmental effects of flood occurrences in Halilrood catchment area of Kerman province in Iran using flood zone mapping techniques. The intended flood zone map was introduced in four steps. Steps 1 to 3 pave the way to calculate and estimate flood zone map in the understudy area while step 4 determines the estimation of environmental effects of flood occurrence. Based on our studies, wide range of accuracy for estimating the environmental effects of flood occurrence was introduced by using of flood zone mapping techniques. Moreover, it was identified that the existence of Jiroft dam in the study area can decrease flood zone from 260 hectares to 225 hectares and also it can decrease 20% of flood peak intensity. As a result, 14% of flood zone in the study area can be saved environmentally. BioMed Central 2014-12-27 /pmc/articles/PMC4310191/ /pubmed/25649059 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40201-014-0153-z Text en © Mirbagheri et al.; licensee BioMed Central. 2014 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Boudaghpour, Siamak Bagheri, Majid Bagheri, Zahra Estimation of flood environmental effects using flood zone mapping techniques in Halilrood Kerman, Iran |
title | Estimation of flood environmental effects using flood zone mapping techniques in Halilrood Kerman, Iran |
title_full | Estimation of flood environmental effects using flood zone mapping techniques in Halilrood Kerman, Iran |
title_fullStr | Estimation of flood environmental effects using flood zone mapping techniques in Halilrood Kerman, Iran |
title_full_unstemmed | Estimation of flood environmental effects using flood zone mapping techniques in Halilrood Kerman, Iran |
title_short | Estimation of flood environmental effects using flood zone mapping techniques in Halilrood Kerman, Iran |
title_sort | estimation of flood environmental effects using flood zone mapping techniques in halilrood kerman, iran |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4310191/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25649059 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40201-014-0153-z |
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