Urbanization development on river hydrology

Abstract

In this study both data of land use and land cover were compared for selected period of time it is obvious that urban area is significantly increased in Saline River watershed, Arkansas, USA. For hydrologic studies and analysis WMS 8.1 program was used to delineate the watershed and analysis of other hydrologic processes. For further analysis, HEC-HMS was used to analyze the results of hydrographs of peak flows. Results show there is impact to hydrologic processes due to urbanization.