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FORMULATING AN OPTIMAL DRAINAGE MODEL FOR THE CALABAR AREA USING CARTOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES
 
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Department of Cadaster and Geo-engineering, Kuban State Technological University, Krasnodar, Russia
 
 
Publication date: 2016-01-01
 
 
J. Ecol. Eng. 2016; 17(1):1-9
 
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In order to achieve the task of formulating an optimal drainage model for the Calabar area, the Calabar drainage system was studied using some cartographic techniques to analyze its surface run-off and channel characteristics so as to determine how floods are generated. A morphological analysis was done, using detailed contour maps prepared for the study area. The “Blue line” and “contour crenulations” methods were used to recreate the expected run-off channels or drainage networks under natural non-urbanized conditions. A drainage structure with 6 major basins and 73 sub-basins was discovered. Existing storm drains were constructed without regards to this natural structure and so floods were generated.
 
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