Measuring land losses caused by water erosion using the SWAT model in the Ourika watershed in the High Atlas of Morocco

Meysara Elmalki; Fouad Mounir; Abdellah Ichen; Taoufiq Qaini; Thami Khai; Mohammed Aarab

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Issue		E3S Web Conf. Volume 234, 2021 The International Conference on Innovation, Modern Applied Science & Environmental Studies (ICIES2020)


Article Number		00083
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DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202123400083
Published online		02 February 2021

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[1] High Commission for Water and Forests and the Fight Against Desertification. Forest and water in a context of climate change, watershed management in Morocco, an unavoidable territorial approach, Morocco: pp. 8 (2016) [Google Scholar]

[2] PAP/CAR: Regional Activity Centre for the Priority Action Programme in collaboration with FAO. Guidelines for mapping and measuring water erosion processes in Mediterranean coastal areas, Split, Croatie: pp. 2 (1998) [Google Scholar]

[3] J.G. Arnold, P.M. Allen, Automated methods for estimating baseflow and groundwater recharge from streamflow records. J. American Water Resources. Assoc. 35(2): pp. 411-424 (1999) [Google Scholar]

[4] High Commission for Water and Forests and the Fight against Desertification. Ourika Forest Management Study: Preliminary study: pp. 54 (2002) [Google Scholar]

[5] E.A. Elalaoui, M.E. Saidi, Simulation and spatialization of flood risk in an anthropized valley. The case of Ourika (High Atlas, Morocco): pp. 212-214 (2014) [Google Scholar]

[6] M. Modeste, A. Khattabi, N. Mhamdi, H. Zhang, Mapping Water Erosion Risks Using the Revised Universal Equation of Soil Losses, Remote Sensing and GIS in the Ourika Watershed (High Atlas, Morocco): pp. 280-281 (2016) [Google Scholar]

[7] P.W. Gassman, M.R. Reyes, C.H. Green, J.G. Arnold, The Soil and Water Assessment Tool: Historical development, applications, and future directions. Transactions of the ASABE 50(4): pp. 1211-1250 (2007) [Google Scholar]

[8] J. Renaud, J. Poulenard, Implementation of the SWAT agri-environmental model on the Mercube watershed (Haute Savoie): Towards a modelling of phosphorus transfers. pp. 74. DESS report Jean Monnet-ENISE University (2004) [Google Scholar]

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[11] F. Nachtergaele, H. van Velthuizen, L. Verelst, N. Batjes, K. Dijkshoorn, V. van Engelen, G. Fischer, A. Jones, L. Montanarella, M. Petri, S. Prieler, X. Shi, E. Teixeira, D. Wiberg, The harmonized world soil database. 19th World Congress of Soil Science, Soil Solutions for a Changing World (2010) [Google Scholar]

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[14] J.G. Arnold, D.N. Moriasi, P.W. Gassman, K.C. Abbaspour, M.J. White, R. Srinivasan, C. Santhi, R.D. Harmel, A. van Griensven, M.W. Van Liew, N. Kannan, M.K. Jha,SWAT: model use, calibration, and validation. Transactions of the ASABE: pp. 1491-1508 (2012) [Google Scholar]

[15] C. Oeurng, S. Sauvage, J.M. Sánchez-Pérez, Assessment of hydrology, sediment and particulate organic carbon yield in a large agricultural catchment using the SWAT model. Journal of Hydrology 401(3-4): pp. 145-153 (2011) [Google Scholar]

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[19] G. Lean, Down to earth. A simplified guide to the Convention to combat desertification. The Centre for our common future, Geneva. pp. 32 (1995) [Google Scholar]

[20] L. Rojo Serrano, Programs of national agencies for mitigation of desertification in Spain. European Union Concerted Action on Mediterranean Desertification. King's College, London. pp. 31 (1996) [Google Scholar]