GI SBASE DIRRIGATIO NSUITABILIT YANALYSIS ACASESTUD YI NABAY A-CHAM OBASIN ,  SOUTHER NRIF TVALLEYO FETHIOPI A

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dc.contributor.author	NEGAS HWAGESH O
dc.date.accessioned	2017-07-25T13:47:51Z
dc.date.available	2017-07-25T13:47:51Z
dc.date.issued	2004-08
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/617
dc.description.abstract	Existingdataontopography ,climate,soil,lan dusepattern,water availability,agriculturalpractices,investmen tcostsandsocioeconomi c practicesareinvestigate dandth eirrigatio nsuitabilitycriteriaisdefined basedonthes evariables.DigitalElevationModels(DEMs )isdevelopedt o investigat eth eterrai nfeatur eofth ebasinfro mth edigitizedContourmapof th ebasinandth evariationinelevationaswellasslopeisevaluated. Streamne tworkcharacterization,mappingsoilandlan duseunitsusingGIS environmentanddefiningthei rsuitabilityfo rirrigatio naswellascrop developmentwithrespec tt oth eprevailingconditionshasbeenmade. Super-imposingallthes eattributesinth eGISenvironmentandidentifyin g potentiallysuitableareasfo rcropdevelopment,suggestingappropriate methodofirrigation ,compilinggeoreferencedsuitabilitydatabase(slope, soil,lan duse,water)fo rirrigatio nareamon gth emaintreatment s undertakenduringth estudy. LargeportionofGelanaandth elowe rdeltaofHare,KulifoandBilateare characterizedwithsuitablesoilunitshavinggoodinheren tfertilit yandhigh moistureholdingcapacity.Besides,thes eareasarewithveryfla tlan dslope asobservedfro mth eDEMswhichfall sbelow10%andaresuitablefo r surfaceirrigation . Thecapacityoflo wflo waswellas80% ,90 %and95percentagetim eof exceedenceflo wofth eavailablesurfacewateri nth erespectiv esubbasins	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Arba Minch University	en_US
dc.title	GI SBASE DIRRIGATIO NSUITABILIT YANALYSIS ACASESTUD YI NABAY A-CHAM OBASIN , SOUTHER NRIF TVALLEYO FETHIOPI A	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US