الفهرس 
Hydropedological study of wadi El-raml northwestern coast- Egypt
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Abstract
Wadi El Raml is bounded by 31{u00B0} 10’ 8.8” to 31{u00B0} 21’ 45.32 N and 27{u00B0} 6’ 18.17 E to 27{u00B0} 13’ 21.27 E west of Marsa Matrouh. It is one of the main wadis extended from Fuka to Libyan-Egyptian border. Rainfall is the main water source for cultivation and population activities in the northwestern coast of Egypt. The main problem in this area is that most of rainfall water with sediments runs off to the Mediterranean Sea which makes it a challenge to save soil and water. Therefore, water harvesting is the main solution to save the cultivation production and other population activities for the development of the northwestern coast of Egypt. Hydropedology is the science which studies the relationship within watershed boundary, including rainfall intensity, soil characteristics, hydrology, and landuse/landcover. So, the hydropedological study were used to estimate the surface runoff, infiltration, and sediment yields based on multiple integrated data such as soil, landuse/landcover, and rainfall in the environment of KINEROS2 model. The current study delineated 4 soil units and 7 classes of landuse/landcover as input data of KINEROS2 in addition of a rainfall event of about 25 mm over 2 days. The obtained results showed that about 16.16 % (431229.6 m3) of precipitated rainfall (2668500 m3) flowed as surface runoff. For benefiting from this flowing water, this study recommended 128 points for constructing cisterns and/or reservoirs and 400 cement dykes as water harvesting locations for domestic and agricultural uses, respectively