ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Mapping Multi-Year Groundwater Depth Patterns from Time-Series Analyses of Seasonally Lowest
Depth-to-Groundwater Maps in Irrigation Areas
S.T. Akkaya Aslan1, K. S. Gundogdu2
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1Department of Agricultural Structures and Irrigation, Faculty of Agriculture,
Uludag University, Bursa 16059, Turkey
2Department of Agricultural Structures and Irrigation, Faculty of Agriculture,
Uludag University, Bursa 16059, Turkey
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2007;16(2):183-190
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ABSTRACT
In large irrigation projects, observing and evaluating groundwater depth (GWD) for crop production
is crucial. To accomplish these goals, GWDs are measured over certain time intervals, especially
during irrigation season, when depth and level maps are prepared and analyses on the target are made.
These maps are used for a multi-year observation of GWD. In this study, we present an alternative
method that can be used for multi-year lowest GWD evaluations. The method evaluated the spatial and
temporal relationships among the classes of GWD in the study area, in their typical locations (areas
where the GWD classes are most frequently located), and the alternative GWD classes in those locations
in any of the years of the analyzed time-series. As a case study, the method was applied to data
of the multi-year (1990–2000) GWD observations in the Mustafakemalpasa (MK P) irrigation project
(19.370 ha), which is located in the Marmara Region (northwest Turkey). The most widespread typical
GWD class for the analyzed time period was identified as GWD-III (between 101–200 cm), which
covered 98.18% of the total area.