Meteorological-Hydrological-Agricultural Drought Analysis of Devegeçidi Reservoir

The Devegeçidi Dam was first opened in 1972 to irrigate 5800 hectares of land in the Diyarbakır region. The reservoir has been a feeding and breeding ground for migratory birds and some other living ecosystems for many years. However, from time to time, the water volume in the reservoir decreased to...

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Main Authors: Nermin Şarlak, Abdullah Muratoğlu, Şahnaz Tiğrek
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Language:English
Published: Artvin Coruh University 2024-01-01
Series:Doğal Afetler ve Çevre Dergisi
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Online Access:http://dacd.artvin.edu.tr/tr/download/article-file/3072460
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Abdullah Muratoğlu
Şahnaz Tiğrek
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description The Devegeçidi Dam was first opened in 1972 to irrigate 5800 hectares of land in the Diyarbakır region. The reservoir has been a feeding and breeding ground for migratory birds and some other living ecosystems for many years. However, from time to time, the water volume in the reservoir decreased to a level that could not meet the irrigation water demand and water had to be supplemented from other dams on the Tigris River. In this study, the reasons for the decrease of the water level in the Devegeçidi reservoir were analyzed in terms of meteorological, hydrological and agricultural use. For this purpose, the water resources feeding the dam and the characteristics of the irrigation area were taken into consideration. Within the framework of the study, the monthly operating data of the Devegeçidi Dam were analyzed using statistical methods. The monthly average reservoir volume, monthly total water inflow and monthly total water consumption data for the years 2008-2021 were first analyzed by Mann-Kendall trend analysis method and then by Locally Weighted Scatterplot Smoothing algorithm. Standard Precipitation Index (SPI), Palmer (PDSI) and self-calibrated Palmer (sc-PDSI) drought indices were applied to reveal the relationship between hydrological drought problem and precipitation data. Areas and yields of agricultural crops were analyzed using local TurkStat data and GIS-based CORINE land cover maps. Thus, the meteorological, hydrological and agricultural causes of the drought and water shortage problems in the reservoir were revealed.
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spelling doaj-art-b101e76fee0f4045a55bb7ad2917d53f2025-02-03T10:10:04ZengArtvin Coruh UniversityDoğal Afetler ve Çevre Dergisi2528-96402024-01-01101162810.21324/dacd.1280267Meteorological-Hydrological-Agricultural Drought Analysis of Devegeçidi ReservoirNermin Şarlak0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3632-2725Abdullah Muratoğlu1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8981-5983 Şahnaz Tiğrek2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1510-8618Konya Teknik Üniversitesi, Mühendislik ve Doğa Bilimleri Fakültesi, İnşaat Mühendisliği Bölümü,42250, KonyaBatman Üniversitesi, Mühendislik-Mimarlık Fakültesi, İnşaat Mühendisliği Bölümü, 72000, Batmanİskenderun Teknik Üniversitesi, Barbaros Hayrettin Denizcilik ve Gemi Müh. Fak., Gemi İnşaatı ve Gemi Mühendisliği Bölümü, 31200, İskenderun, HatayThe Devegeçidi Dam was first opened in 1972 to irrigate 5800 hectares of land in the Diyarbakır region. The reservoir has been a feeding and breeding ground for migratory birds and some other living ecosystems for many years. However, from time to time, the water volume in the reservoir decreased to a level that could not meet the irrigation water demand and water had to be supplemented from other dams on the Tigris River. In this study, the reasons for the decrease of the water level in the Devegeçidi reservoir were analyzed in terms of meteorological, hydrological and agricultural use. For this purpose, the water resources feeding the dam and the characteristics of the irrigation area were taken into consideration. Within the framework of the study, the monthly operating data of the Devegeçidi Dam were analyzed using statistical methods. The monthly average reservoir volume, monthly total water inflow and monthly total water consumption data for the years 2008-2021 were first analyzed by Mann-Kendall trend analysis method and then by Locally Weighted Scatterplot Smoothing algorithm. Standard Precipitation Index (SPI), Palmer (PDSI) and self-calibrated Palmer (sc-PDSI) drought indices were applied to reveal the relationship between hydrological drought problem and precipitation data. Areas and yields of agricultural crops were analyzed using local TurkStat data and GIS-based CORINE land cover maps. Thus, the meteorological, hydrological and agricultural causes of the drought and water shortage problems in the reservoir were revealed. http://dacd.artvin.edu.tr/tr/download/article-file/3072460natural disastersdroughtdiyarbakırdevegeçidireservoir
spellingShingle Nermin Şarlak
Abdullah Muratoğlu
Şahnaz Tiğrek
Meteorological-Hydrological-Agricultural Drought Analysis of Devegeçidi Reservoir
Doğal Afetler ve Çevre Dergisi
natural disasters
drought
diyarbakır
devegeçidi
reservoir
title Meteorological-Hydrological-Agricultural Drought Analysis of Devegeçidi Reservoir
title_full Meteorological-Hydrological-Agricultural Drought Analysis of Devegeçidi Reservoir
title_fullStr Meteorological-Hydrological-Agricultural Drought Analysis of Devegeçidi Reservoir
title_full_unstemmed Meteorological-Hydrological-Agricultural Drought Analysis of Devegeçidi Reservoir
title_short Meteorological-Hydrological-Agricultural Drought Analysis of Devegeçidi Reservoir
title_sort meteorological hydrological agricultural drought analysis of devegecidi reservoir
topic natural disasters
drought
diyarbakır
devegeçidi
reservoir
url http://dacd.artvin.edu.tr/tr/download/article-file/3072460
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