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Flood Inundation Mapping and Risk Analysis Case of Finchaa Lake

Received: 1 July 2021    Accepted: 27 July 2021    Published: 4 August 2021
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Mapping Flood inundation is used to inform that the flooding area and also used to guide the administrative to undertake control measurements of flood risks and also used for planning future investments. Some of structures affected by flooding are: crop land, roadways, cultivation land, cattle’s and the like. For this research work Hydraulic models (Hydrologic Engineering Center’s River Analysis System, Geographical Information System tools and Hydrological Engineering Centers for Geographical river analysis system software’s were used for developing flood prone map for different return periods and flood risk analysis. This study is use to develop flood inundation map for flood risk management plan and it helps to give effective and urgent action plan for surrounding community that requires accurate prediction of inundation levels. The research outcome can be used to develop emergency action plan that minimize the flood risk of the area for the lakes based on the flood inundation map developed and used to inform the surrounding community the level of flood and its affect and the research finding will support other researchers to do other analysis over the lake. Geometric data were generated form the Google map using different models. The 100-year return period of annual average flood discharge and probable peak flood have been used for the calculation of hydraulic parameters. The flood risk assessment map delineated over 280 km2 shows that where shows very low land area of the lake were affected by flood and it is now important that the concerned body should take immediate measurements. The flood inundation prone area classifies the flooding area into high, medium and low risk areas and from the result the downstream both side of Finchaa Lake highly affected by the flooding. Therefore, the downstream area of the Lake needs immediate solutions by the concerned body, should take immediate action to mitigate such happening.

Published in American Journal of Environmental Science and Engineering (Volume 5, Issue 3)
DOI 10.11648/j.ajese.20210503.11
Page(s) 53-62
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Keywords

DEM, GIS, Google Map, Inundation, HEC-RAS, HEC-GeoRAS, Flood

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    Jiregna Nugusa Duressa, Motuma Shiferaw Regasa. Flood Inundation Mapping and Risk Analysis Case of Finchaa Lake. Am J Environ Sci Eng. 2021;5(3):53-62. doi: 10.11648/j.ajese.20210503.11

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  • Department of Hydraulic and Water Resource Engineering, Wollega University, Nekemte, Ethiopia

  • Department of Hydraulic and Water Resource Engineering, Wollega University, Nekemte, Ethiopia

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