Application of SWAT and 3D Environment in Flood Detection Senario of Terengganu Watershed
Ibrahim Sufiyan *
School of Marine and Environmental Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Terengganu, Malaysia
Razak Bin Zakariya
School of Marine and Environmental Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Terengganu, Malaysia
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
For many years, the River (Sungai) Terengganu watershed in Malaysia has been flooding and causing great problems to the inhabitants as well as the environment. This study uses the real-time simulation in ArcGIS 10.3 and 3D in ArcScene 10.3, and the variables obtained from the soil and water assessment tool SWAT such as the land use, soil and slope are the parameters measured to induce the flood. When certain portions of the Hydrologic response unit HRU; land use, soil or slope is changed due to temporal adjustment and climate change, then the model can predict zones of low, moderate and high flood risk. The 3D simulations appear to produce a visual model for decision-making, planning, management, and mitigation.
Keywords: Flood, simulation, 3DGIS, modeling, watershed