A Master’s Thesis at Arts Faculty Discusses (Geomorphology of Estuary of Diyalha River from (1990-2021) Using Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems Techniques

The thesis presented by Postgraduate student (Rana Ali Rashid) aimed to identify the prevailing natural and human factors in the study area and affecting the geomorphic processes of (Diyalha River) estuary and to reveal impact of the quantities of water discharges in terms of sedimentary forms and extent of the influence of the transverse and longitudinal sections, as well as to detect the changes that occurred in the study area and the manifestations resulting from it.

The thesis included three chapters, where the first chapter dealt with the natural characteristics and human characteristics in the study area. The second chapter dealt with morphometry of the stream and the discharge characteristics in addition to the river load and water characteristics while the third chapter included all the existing landforms in the study area such as twists, river islands and floodplains, and extent of impacts that passed on the study area during the time period specified for the study of the region from 1990-2021.