Assessment of the Impacts of Inter-Basin Water Transfer on the Bed River Morphology in the Origin Basin (Case Study: Zab River Basin)

摘要: In recent years, in order to revive the Urmia lake and preventing the  negative environmental impacts, the water transfer project from Zab River to Urmia Lake has being studied and implemented. In this paper, it is tried to assess the possibility of morphological  changes of Zab River due to implement of project at the downstream of Kanisev dam. The research method is mainly analytical method.The data of this study include Geological map of 1/100000 scale, areal photographs, LANDSAT 8 (ETM sensor) satellite imagery, GDEM images of ASTER with resolution of 15 meter, meteorological data and hydrological surface water of the under study area.  The data were collected using libraries and referred to agencies and organizations, web sites and field surveys.Results showed that after water impoundment of Kanisev dam and transferring water to Urmia Lake, the average of the Zab River discharge in the hydrometric …