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Chapter 8
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-9771-1.ch008
ABSTRACT
The Innaoune Watershed represents an important hydric potential of the oriental
part of Morocco. However, the basin exhibits a set of hydrologic drawbacks, such
as foods, erosion, and pollution. This chapter is focused on food forecast study.
In order to help managers and decision makers to adopt the appropriate land
management strategies for protecting the population from food damages, the study
of the hydrological behavior and quantifcation of water yield are paramount.
According to this perspective, the main goal of this chapter is to test the ability
of the SWAT model to simulate and reproduce the hydrological behavior of the
upstream of Innaouene Watershed. The output of the model could be used to map,
delineate, and forecast the foods expansion for a particular rainfall event. SWAT
was performed on a daily time step from 2004 to 2012 for calibration and 2012 to
2014 for validation. The model accuracy was evaluated by measuring the Nash-
Sutclife coefcient and R
2
.
Hydrologic Modeling
Using SWAT:
Test the Capacity of SWAT Model to
Simulate the Hydrological Behavior
of Watershed in Semi-Arid Climate
Zineb Moumen
University of Sidi Mohamed Ben
Abdellah of Fez, Morocco
Soumaya Nabih
University of Sidi Mohamed Ben
Abdellah of Fez, Morocco
Ismail Elhassnaoui
University Mohammed V, Morocco
Abderrahim Lahrach
University of Sidi Mohammed Ben
Abdellah of Fez, Morocco