Relationships between basin area and sediment yield upstream Shiroro reservoir, north-central Nigeria
Sediment yield and basin area relationship in a watershed is a very crucial factor in Best Management Practices (BMPs) and reservoir sustainability. Therefore, the study was conducted to examines the suspended sediment concentration (SSC) of the four sub-watersheds of Kaduna watershed north-centr...
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| description | Sediment yield and basin area relationship in a watershed is a very crucial factor in Best
Management Practices (BMPs) and reservoir sustainability. Therefore, the study was conducted
to examines the suspended sediment concentration (SSC) of the four sub-watersheds of Kaduna
watershed north-central Nigeria to aid the dam sustainability and BMP within the watershed.
Water samples were collected bimonthly for 8 months (March-October 2018) and subjected to
laboratory analysis for SSC and turbidity measurements. With the aid of ArcSwat2012, the
watershed was delineated into four sub-watersheds, soil and land-use were classified for a proper
understanding of the watershed. The findings demonstrated an inverse relationship between the
size of the sub-watersheds and SSC. The smallest Dinya sub-watershed (1%) contributes
approximately 25% (3781.5mg/l) of the SSC while the largest Kaduna (80%) contributes
approximately 26% (3889mg/l), Sarkinpawa (11%) and Gutalu (8%) contributes approximately
26% (3844mg/l) and 23% (3444mg/l) of SSC respectively. The highest average turbidity was
recorded in Sarkinpawa sub-watershed, followed by Dinya, Gutalu, and Kaduna. The SSC and
turbidity results followed the rainfall pattern while the regression results for the four subwatersheds shows a good level of linearity between SSC, rainfall and turbidity, Therefore, it is
recommended that sediment management practice is to be carried out along sub-watersheds
Dinya and Sarkinpawa and Gutalu to reduce the high rate of sediment influx into the reservoir
from these smaller sub-watersheds. Also, detail study of the smaller sub-watersheds is highly
recommended for a better understanding of the factors responsible for high sediment generation
in these sub-watersheds. |
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| spelling | oai:generic.eprints.org:158332020-11-22T17:48:20Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/15833/ Relationships between basin area and sediment yield upstream Shiroro reservoir, north-central Nigeria Daramola Japheth, Lam, Kuok Choy Mohd Ekhwan Toriman, Mokhtar Jaafar, Sediment yield and basin area relationship in a watershed is a very crucial factor in Best Management Practices (BMPs) and reservoir sustainability. Therefore, the study was conducted to examines the suspended sediment concentration (SSC) of the four sub-watersheds of Kaduna watershed north-central Nigeria to aid the dam sustainability and BMP within the watershed. Water samples were collected bimonthly for 8 months (March-October 2018) and subjected to laboratory analysis for SSC and turbidity measurements. With the aid of ArcSwat2012, the watershed was delineated into four sub-watersheds, soil and land-use were classified for a proper understanding of the watershed. The findings demonstrated an inverse relationship between the size of the sub-watersheds and SSC. The smallest Dinya sub-watershed (1%) contributes approximately 25% (3781.5mg/l) of the SSC while the largest Kaduna (80%) contributes approximately 26% (3889mg/l), Sarkinpawa (11%) and Gutalu (8%) contributes approximately 26% (3844mg/l) and 23% (3444mg/l) of SSC respectively. The highest average turbidity was recorded in Sarkinpawa sub-watershed, followed by Dinya, Gutalu, and Kaduna. The SSC and turbidity results followed the rainfall pattern while the regression results for the four subwatersheds shows a good level of linearity between SSC, rainfall and turbidity, Therefore, it is recommended that sediment management practice is to be carried out along sub-watersheds Dinya and Sarkinpawa and Gutalu to reduce the high rate of sediment influx into the reservoir from these smaller sub-watersheds. Also, detail study of the smaller sub-watersheds is highly recommended for a better understanding of the factors responsible for high sediment generation in these sub-watersheds. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2020 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/15833/1/33427-135144-1-PB.pdf Daramola Japheth, and Lam, Kuok Choy and Mohd Ekhwan Toriman, and Mokhtar Jaafar, (2020) Relationships between basin area and sediment yield upstream Shiroro reservoir, north-central Nigeria. Geografia : Malaysian Journal of Society and Space, 16 (3). pp. 26-44. ISSN 2180-2491 http://ejournals.ukm.my/gmjss/issue/view/1306 |
| spellingShingle | Daramola Japheth, Lam, Kuok Choy Mohd Ekhwan Toriman, Mokhtar Jaafar, Relationships between basin area and sediment yield upstream Shiroro reservoir, north-central Nigeria |
| title | Relationships between basin area and sediment yield upstream Shiroro reservoir, north-central Nigeria |
| title_full | Relationships between basin area and sediment yield upstream Shiroro reservoir, north-central Nigeria |
| title_fullStr | Relationships between basin area and sediment yield upstream Shiroro reservoir, north-central Nigeria |
| title_full_unstemmed | Relationships between basin area and sediment yield upstream Shiroro reservoir, north-central Nigeria |
| title_short | Relationships between basin area and sediment yield upstream Shiroro reservoir, north-central Nigeria |
| title_sort | relationships between basin area and sediment yield upstream shiroro reservoir, north-central nigeria |
| url | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/15833/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/15833/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/15833/1/33427-135144-1-PB.pdf |