ISSN: 2265-6294

Assessment Of Runoff Risks Of Wadi Beshadim Basin In Duhok Governorate

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Abu Al-Hassan Abdel-Karim Jamil,Prof. Faleh Shamkhi

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The study aims to assess the geomorphological risks of the Bashadim Valley Basin in Zakho district, Dohuk Governorate, northeastern Iraq, with an area of (113,723 km 2), where the geology of the study area was studied and it was found that it is located within the unstable range within the belt (Sulaymaniyah - Zakho), and the chronological age of formations and sediments varies. The basin is between the third time (the Pliocene), which includes the formations (Fatha, Bey Hassan, Injana, Blasby, and Muqdadiya) and the deposits of the fourth time (the Holocene). And from the study of the characteristics of the runoff, it was found that there are different risks between the basins in the study area

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