Applications Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System GIS/RS Technique in Potential Mapping Ground Water in Masayf Catchment Du to Supported Water Resource Management Strategies

Mouhiddine kalkha( 1)*, and Ali.AL-saram (2)

(1) Researcher in General Commission for Scientific Agricultural Research, GIS-RS Department, Hama, Syria.

(2)  Engineer in agriculture Ministry, Damascus, Syria

(*Corresponding author: Mouhiddine kalkha , Email: m.kalkha77@gmail.com )

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to determine the appropriate potential groundwater in Masayf ccatchmentas a decision to support the Rural Sustainable Development Strategy (Syria), using Geographic Information System (GIS) and Remote Sensing (RS), which covers an area of 598.15 km2, during the period 2018-2019. Database created for factors that contributed in groundwater storage processing (precipitation, slope, land use/land cover, drainage line, lineaments, geology, and lithology). Spatial analyses were done for each factor within the GIS environment and achieved reclassify and weighted for each factor according to priority potential sites groundwater. Finally, intersect for the previous factor was done to appears sites potential groundwater by using a raster calculator showed that the best sites were distributed in eastern northern part with 26%, while in the second degree with moderate in the middle part with 43% with ALsarut river flow and third degree with weakness sites in middle part with 32%, finally weakness sites in southern eastern part with 46%.  to support rain- fed land and supply livestock with water resource in drought years to maintain Agro-Ecological Systems in Orontes basin

Keywords: Rain Water Harvesting, Orontes Basin, Rural Sustainable Development, Spatial analysis.

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