Using the Remote Sensing and GIS Technology for Erosion Risk Mapping of Kartalkaya Dam Watershed in Kahramanmaras, Turkey
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Material and Methods
2.1. Study Area
2.2. CORINE Erosion Model
2.2.1. Soil Erodibility
2.2.2. Erosivity
2.2.3. Topography (Slope)
2.2.4. Vegetation Cover
2.2.5. Actual Erosion Risk
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusion
Acknowledgments
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Class Names | Reference Data | ||||||||
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Forest | Irrigated Crops | Stubble | Fallow | Range Land | Water Body | Bare Land/Residential | Total | User's Accuracy | |
Forest | 75 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 103 | 72.82 | |
Irrigated Crops | 15 | 15 | 100.00 | ||||||
Stubble | 2 | 35 | 5 | 42 | 83.33 | ||||
Fallow | 3 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 19 | 63.16 | |||
Range Land | 2 | 3 | 39 | 1 | 45 | 86.67 | |||
Water Body | 5 | 5 | 100.00 | ||||||
Bare Land/Residential | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 26 | 76.92 | ||
Total | 83 | 26 | 39 | 26 | 49 | 5 | 27 | 256 | |
Producer's Accuracy | 90.36 | 57.69 | 89.74 | 46.15 | 79.59 | 100.00 | 74.07 |
Index Values | Potential Erosion Risk | Actual Soil Erosion Risk | ||
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Area (ha) | Percentage | Area (ha) | Percentage | |
1 | 15870 | 18.01 | 29797 | 34 |
2 | 30112 | 34.18 | 31221 | 35 |
3 | 42120 | 47.81 | 27084 | 31 |
Total | 88102 | 100.00 | 88102 | 100 |
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Yuksel, A.; Gundogan, R.; Akay, A.E. Using the Remote Sensing and GIS Technology for Erosion Risk Mapping of Kartalkaya Dam Watershed in Kahramanmaras, Turkey. Sensors 2008, 8, 4851-4865. https://doi.org/10.3390/s8084851
Yuksel A, Gundogan R, Akay AE. Using the Remote Sensing and GIS Technology for Erosion Risk Mapping of Kartalkaya Dam Watershed in Kahramanmaras, Turkey. Sensors. 2008; 8(8):4851-4865. https://doi.org/10.3390/s8084851
Chicago/Turabian StyleYuksel, Alaaddin, Recep Gundogan, and Abdullah E. Akay. 2008. "Using the Remote Sensing and GIS Technology for Erosion Risk Mapping of Kartalkaya Dam Watershed in Kahramanmaras, Turkey" Sensors 8, no. 8: 4851-4865. https://doi.org/10.3390/s8084851