Groundwater Potential Zone Mapping Using Analytical Hierarchy Process and GIS in Muga Watershed, Abay Basin, Ethiopia
Abstract Groundwater is an important resource that contributes significantly to the total annual water supply. The purpose of the present study is to assess and delineate the groundwater recharge zone using geospatial technology through an analytical hierarchal process (AHP) method in to the Muga wa...
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| description | Abstract Groundwater is an important resource that contributes significantly to the total annual water supply. The purpose of the present study is to assess and delineate the groundwater recharge zone using geospatial technology through an analytical hierarchal process (AHP) method in to the Muga watershed, Abay Basin. Remote sensing satellite images and the corresponding data are used for the preparation of thematic layers, viz., geology, rainfall, slope, soil, curvature, topography wetness index, elevation, drainage density, land use land cover, and lineament density of the study watershed. All thematic layers are integrated with a multicriteria evaluation technique. Weighted overlay index analysis is carried out to give rank for each parameter. The weight is assigned for each thematic layer depending on the AHP technique. The reliability of the output is checked by the calculated consistency index and consistency ratio which is reasonably acceptable (0.044 < 0.1). Verification is done by considering the groundwater well locations in the validation datasets. The receiver operating characteristic curve and area under curve (=82.9%) are used to explore the prediction accuracy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a582ad75203e46aaadf397614009cb052022-12-22T04:04:13ZengWileyGlobal Challenges2056-66462022-01-0161n/an/a10.1002/gch2.202100068Groundwater Potential Zone Mapping Using Analytical Hierarchy Process and GIS in Muga Watershed, Abay Basin, EthiopiaTadele Melese0Tatek Belay1Department of Natural Resource Management College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences Bahir Dar University Bahir Dar 5501 EthiopiaDepartment of Geography and Environmental Studies College of Social Science Debre Tabor University DebreTabor 273 EthiopiaAbstract Groundwater is an important resource that contributes significantly to the total annual water supply. The purpose of the present study is to assess and delineate the groundwater recharge zone using geospatial technology through an analytical hierarchal process (AHP) method in to the Muga watershed, Abay Basin. Remote sensing satellite images and the corresponding data are used for the preparation of thematic layers, viz., geology, rainfall, slope, soil, curvature, topography wetness index, elevation, drainage density, land use land cover, and lineament density of the study watershed. All thematic layers are integrated with a multicriteria evaluation technique. Weighted overlay index analysis is carried out to give rank for each parameter. The weight is assigned for each thematic layer depending on the AHP technique. The reliability of the output is checked by the calculated consistency index and consistency ratio which is reasonably acceptable (0.044 < 0.1). Verification is done by considering the groundwater well locations in the validation datasets. The receiver operating characteristic curve and area under curve (=82.9%) are used to explore the prediction accuracy.https://doi.org/10.1002/gch2.202100068GISgroundwater prospectMuga watershedreceiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) |
| spellingShingle | Tadele Melese Tatek Belay Groundwater Potential Zone Mapping Using Analytical Hierarchy Process and GIS in Muga Watershed, Abay Basin, Ethiopia Global Challenges GIS groundwater prospect Muga watershed receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) |
| title | Groundwater Potential Zone Mapping Using Analytical Hierarchy Process and GIS in Muga Watershed, Abay Basin, Ethiopia |
| title_full | Groundwater Potential Zone Mapping Using Analytical Hierarchy Process and GIS in Muga Watershed, Abay Basin, Ethiopia |
| title_fullStr | Groundwater Potential Zone Mapping Using Analytical Hierarchy Process and GIS in Muga Watershed, Abay Basin, Ethiopia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Groundwater Potential Zone Mapping Using Analytical Hierarchy Process and GIS in Muga Watershed, Abay Basin, Ethiopia |
| title_short | Groundwater Potential Zone Mapping Using Analytical Hierarchy Process and GIS in Muga Watershed, Abay Basin, Ethiopia |
| title_sort | groundwater potential zone mapping using analytical hierarchy process and gis in muga watershed abay basin ethiopia |
| topic | GIS groundwater prospect Muga watershed receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/gch2.202100068 |
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