Topographic characteristics and estimation of the quantity of water harvesting in Al-Jafer depression
Other Title(s)
الخصائص الطبوغرافية و تقدير كمية الحصاد المائي في قاع الجفر
Joint Authors
al-Husban, Yusra Abd al-Karim
al-Zughul, Maysun Barakat Husayn
Source
Journal of King Abdulaziz University : Arts and Humanities
Issue
Vol. 28, Issue 4 (30 Apr. 2020), pp.259-270, 12 p.
Publisher
King Abdulaziz University Scientific Publishing Center
Publication Date
2020-04-30
Country of Publication
Saudi Arabia
No. of Pages
12
Main Subjects
Earth Sciences, Water and Environment
History and Geography
Topics
Abstract EN
Al-Jafer depression is the largest tectonic depression in the Southern Jordan Plateau.
It occupies the central region of Ma'an Governorate.
Covering area of ١٢٤٠٠ km², consisting about 37.7% of Ma’an area Governorate (32832km²).The basin was formed by a sequence of tectonic and faulting events and the most important patterns of Landforms are the Playa Basins (PB) and water spread.
The main goals of this paper are to monitor the topographical characteristics and the impact of these topographical characteristics on landforms patterns and estimating rainfall harvesting.
Based on a Topographic map at scale 1:50,000.
findings indicated that the: (1) - (PB) area highly clustered distributed in three main zones, although the (PB) are geographically distributed over 51% from the total area of AlJafer depression (2) - There are approximately 462 dry (PBs) with a total area of 422.2km ², which forms 3.4% from the total area with significant variation in its areas from a small area about, 0.988 m², to the largest one 250.1 km² (Qa’a Al-jafer).
(3)- The spatial distribution of (PB) are very much related to elevation and slope; which ranges between 833m to 1047, with mean of elevation 868.6m and standard deviation 36.2.
The (PB) distributed within slope degrees between 0º-13º.
(4)-average total rainfall estimates for the (PB) based on Thiessen polygon methods.
The total weighted rainfall about 6097.393(mm / hydrological year of (2016/2017), and Mean depth of rainfall in mm (PB) is 130.255(mm).
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Zughul, Maysun Barakat Husayn& al-Husban, Yusra Abd al-Karim. 2020. Topographic characteristics and estimation of the quantity of water harvesting in Al-Jafer depression. Journal of King Abdulaziz University : Arts and Humanities،Vol. 28, no. 4, pp.259-270.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-938974
Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Zughul, Maysun Barakat Husayn& al-Husban, Yusra Abd al-Karim. Topographic characteristics and estimation of the quantity of water harvesting in Al-Jafer depression. Journal of King Abdulaziz University : Arts and Humanities Vol. 28, no. 4 (2020), pp.259-270.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-938974
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Zughul, Maysun Barakat Husayn& al-Husban, Yusra Abd al-Karim. Topographic characteristics and estimation of the quantity of water harvesting in Al-Jafer depression. Journal of King Abdulaziz University : Arts and Humanities. 2020. Vol. 28, no. 4, pp.259-270.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-938974
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 269
Record ID
BIM-938974