Geohydroclimomorphometric Analysis modeling of Flash floods in Wadi Qasib (Al-Doum) - El Ain Sokhna - using GIS&RS, and artificial intelligence.

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Wadi Qasib (Al Doum) is located on the eastern side of el Galala el Bahy Plateau and ends in El Ain Sukhna area on western coast of the Gulf of Suez, between 29 ˚20`49.053\\ and  29 ˚ 26` 21.822\\ N.  And 32 ˚  30` 5.834\\ and 32 ˚  23` 8.161\\ E.  it covers an area of ​​74.32 km2.
   The study area is exposed to strong sudden flash floods that cause damage to urban areas, tourist activity, and roads extending along coast of  Gulf of Suez. The most dangerous of these was in 2014, which led to the death of a person, damaging to a number of tourist villages and the road,.  The study area was also recently exposed, on November 25, 2023, to flash flood, which led to the damage of a group of hotels and tourist villages located at the out lef of Wadi Qasib, in addition to damage to the area of ​​​​the yacht marina and the Ain Sokhna-Suez road.
  The research, which relies in its analyzes and results on the use of hydrological models and GIS& RS  aims to study the geohydro-climomorphometric characteristics of Wadi Qusayb to estimate the volume of rainfall, volume of  water losses, and calculate the net runoff in the wadi.  Water flow was analyzed using geohydromorphometric modeling according to the American Soil Conservation Corps (SCS-CN) model, using one of the hydrological models in the Watershed Modeling System (WMS) program (HEC-1) and (HEC-HMS).
   In addition to developing proposed solutions to reduce the damage of recurring  flash floods and how to benefit from rainwater, and proposing an early warning model based on artificial intelligence to ward off and reduce the dangers of flash floods in the study area.

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  • Receive Date: 31 July 2023
  • Accept Date: 24 August 2023

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