Essays about: "gully"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the word gully.

1. 1. Delineation of Ditches in Wetlands by Remote Sensing

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Luft-, vatten- och landskapslära

   Author : Andreas Gustavsson; Selberg Martin; [2018]
   Keywords : GIS; drainage network; LiDAR; GIS; dräneringsnätverk; LiDAR;

   Abstract : Wetlands have been heavily affected by human-alteration, this is done to drain thewetland so that the ground can be used for other purposes such as forestry oragriculture. With high accuracy data available now, it is possible to use differentmethods automatically to identify these ditches in wetlands or other areas. READ MORE

3. 2. The Effects of Erosion-control Structures and Gully Erosion on Groundwater Dynamics Along the Kromrivier, Eastern Cape, South Africa

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi

   Author : Vincent de Haan; [2016]
   Keywords : Gully erosion; wetland; groundwater dynamics; erosion-control structures;

   Abstract : The Palmiet wetlands located along the Kromrivier in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa have experienced severe degradation through gully erosion during the past decennia which has been threatening the water quality and water security of large towns in the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan hub. Water scarcity is a growing problem in this region as a result of land degradation and growing erratic rainfall patterns. READ MORE

4. 3. Design program for Kombolcha Campus site

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

   Author : Ida Karlsson; Josephine Philipsen; [2014]
   Keywords : Kombolcha; Campus site; design program; planning tool; landscape architecture; design approach; water management; vegetation; placemaking;

   Abstract : The objective for this Masters thesis is to conduct a Design program, as a planning and design tool, for the outdoor environment at the campus site of Wollo University in Kombolcha, located in northern Ethiopia. The geographical location as well as the social and political context of the site has constituted the framework for this Design program and Masters thesis. READ MORE

5. 4. Construction of a dam over the Escartana gully close to Albacete, Spain.

   University essay from KTH/Vattendragsteknik

   Author : Alfonso Navarro Lérida; [2011]
   Keywords : Flooding lamination effect; watershed; roller-compacted concrete; dam; spillway; stilling basin;

   Abstract : The main aim of this Master Thesis is the design of several hydraulic structures to decrease as much as possible the huge flooding caused by the Escartana gully which drains its water towards the city of Albacete (Spain) and its surrounding areas, affecting to their inhabitants; and causing huge material damages in residential and industrial areas, and loss of crops in nearby farmland. Some alternatives such as embankment dams with or without drainage systems inside the dam body and a roller-compacted concrete (RCC) dam have been proposed to be built, being necessary to carry out a multicriteria analysis in order to decide which alternative has the best fit according to the analyzed features of the region. READ MORE

6. 5. Water infiltration in the Nyando River basin, Kenya

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and Management

   Author : Aida Bargues Tobella; [2009]
   Keywords : Lake Victoria basin; Nyando River basin; steady-state infiltrability; bulk density; erosion; gully; runoff; sediment generation rate; double-ring infiltrometer; rainfall simulator; trees; vegetation cover; agroforestry;

   Abstract : On-site and off-site effects of erosion in the Lake Victoria basin are some of the main contributors to the actual situation of poverty which is facing its population, one of the densest in the world. The Nyando River Basin (Western-Kenya) was identified as a regional erosion hotspot and one of the main sources of sediment and phosphorous into the Lake Victoria (ICRAF, 2001). READ MORE