Agricultural and Industrial water consumption increase with Industrial development, rapid population and urbanization in Thrace region of Turkey. Effect of drought increases with increasing of mean global temperature year by year in our region and the world. Drought is one of the most important results of climate change. The purpose of this study is to determine drought periods for Damlıca creek watershed in Çatalca. It was began in 1980 and finished in 2006. Its duration for precipitation observation is 27 and stream flow observation is 25 years. The seasonal precipitation distributions for autumn, winter, spring and summer are 28.0 %, 36.7 %, 23.1 % and 12.2 %, respectively. Drought analyses for meteorological and hydrological have been done using two methods (the Standardized Precipitation Index, the standardized Runoff Index). According to runoff values, 1990 year has been found to be extreme drought, for precipitation values, 1983, 1985 and 1990 years have been found to be severe drought
Primary Language | Turkish |
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Journal Section | Research Articles |
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Publication Date | March 1, 2014 |
Submission Date | January 26, 2015 |
Published in Issue | Year 2014 Volume: 1 Issue: Özel Sayı-1 |