Arc Hydro Data Model for Ethiopian Watersheds
by Seyoum Ayele Asamenaw, MS and Daene C. Mckinney, PhD
ABSTRACT
Ethiopia is endowed with a substantial amount of water resources.
The country’s renewable surface and ground water amounts 123 and
2.6 billion cubic meters per annum, respectively, but its
distribution shows high temporal and spatial variation.
The Ministry of Water Resources of Ethiopia (MoWR) planned to
develop a digital hydrologic data model that supports management
of the country’s water resources. The purpose of this project is
to use the Arc Hydro data model organize and manage water resource
data in Ethiopia. To accomplish this, raw Shuttle Radar Topographic
Mission (SRTM) data was processed and a 90m*90m Digital Elevation
Model (DEM) was created. Second, drainage lines and watersheds were
created using the Arc Hydro tools. Third, six hydro administrative
regions were identified based on the flow direction of the streams.
This project has shown that Arc Hydro is an effective tool for
storing and analyzing hydrologic information for very large areas.
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