Evaluation of Variability of Watershed Hydrological Partitioning: The Case of Mormora River, South Eastern Ethiopia

Girma Kebebew Tufa; Ebbawak Saboka Megarsa

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Evaluation of Variability of Watershed Hydrological Partitioning: The Case of Mormora River, South Eastern Ethiopia

Girma Kebebew Tufa, Ebbawak Saboka Megarsa

Published in Journal of Water Resources and Ocean Science (Volume 10, Issue 5)

Received: 1 September 2021 Accepted: 28 September 2021 Published: 12 October 2021

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Water resources management in a watershed requires the quantification of the water potential. This is usually achieved by the estimation of the hydrological and meteorological characteristics of the watershed using observed data to carry out statistical estimates. Hydrological and meteorological data for the Mormora watershed were collected to analyze the hydrologic partitioning behavior of the watershed. The available data include a daily record of stream flow data from 1990 to 2007, a thirty years (1983-2012) monthly average precipitation at meteorological stations with in or near the watershed, and a 31 years (1981-2011) maximum and minimum temperature data at the same meteorological stations. The missed data of stream flow was in filled by simple regression method, and an outlier test, F-test, and T-test was computed for the data to check its quality. Necessary information about the geography of the area was obtained from LuLc, Soil, River, DEM, and climate map of Ethiopia, using ArcGIS software. Daily stream flow was converted to monthly scale and was partitioned to base flow and direct runoff using WHAT software. The maximum and minimum temperature data were used to estimate the potential evapotranspiration of the watershed using the 1985 Hargreaves equation. Average areal rainfall was estimated by Thiessen polygon method using ArcGIS software. Following these, the annual water balance of the watershed was analyzed using ‎water ‎balance ‎theory. The inter-annual variability of the water balance, and hydrologic indices were analyzed. The relationship between climate and landscape is also studied. The result shows that the Horton Index and Humidity Index of the watershed are relatively constant with a coefficient‎ of‎ variation, ‎Cv≤0.127.‎Finally‎conclusions‎are‎drawn,‎and‎the‎difficulties‎in‎ making hydrological and meteorological estimates in a watershed with little or no data are highlighted.

Published in	Journal of Water Resources and Ocean Science (Volume 10, Issue 5)
DOI	10.11648/j.wros.20211005.15
Page(s)	122-128
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Mormora River, Watershed, WHAT

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Girma Kebebew Tufa

Faculty of Hydraulic and Water Resources Engineering, Arba Minch Water Technology Institute, Arba Minch, Ethiopia
Ebbawak Saboka Megarsa

Faculty of Hydraulic and Water Resources Engineering, Arba Minch Water Technology Institute, Arba Minch, Ethiopia

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