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Flood susceptibility prediction using MaxEnt and frequency ratio modeling for Kokcha River in Afghanistan

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  • Abdul Baser Qasimi

    (Samangan University)

  • Vahid Isazade

    (Kharazmi University)

  • Ronny Berndtsson

    (Lund University)

Abstract

Flooding is a natural but unavoidable disaster that occurs over time. Flooding threatens human life, property, and resources and affects regional and national economies. Through frequency ratio and MaxEnt modeling, flood sensitivity was determined in the Amu Darya River Basin in Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan. Slope, plan curvature, distance to river, rainfall, aspect, land use, elevation, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), soil type, lithology, Topographic Humidity Index (TWI), and drainage density were used to quantify flood susceptibility. In total, 88 flood points collected from Google Earth were used to train the frequency ratio model to predict flood susceptibility, and 34 GPS-recorded points of the flooded area were used to evaluate the model’s performance. The frequency ratio model displayed a success rate of above 86%. However, using a jackknife entropy test, the MaxEnt model yielded a 97% success rate. The results showed that rainfall, land use, distance to river, and soil type were the most important parameters for evaluating flood sensitivity. The developed models can help planners and decision-makers perform flood susceptibility mapping in the region by determining locations of flooding sensitivity.

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  • Abdul Baser Qasimi & Vahid Isazade & Ronny Berndtsson, 2024. "Flood susceptibility prediction using MaxEnt and frequency ratio modeling for Kokcha River in Afghanistan," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 120(2), pages 1367-1394, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:nathaz:v:120:y:2024:i:2:d:10.1007_s11069-023-06232-2
    DOI: 10.1007/s11069-023-06232-2
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