The Effect of Nutritional Sections on Graining and Infiltration in Arid and Semi-arid Areas - Nodoushan Catchment

Seasonal floodwater has been kept in the lands by using watershed projects so that it penetrates into underground beds, but this case causes different influences on graining, permeability, underground water and vegetation. Three sections were chosen as experiment sites to measure soil changes of watershed projects in Nodoushan watershed area of Yazd province. Seven permeability experiments with double cylinder inside every section and three experiments in the control group were performed. Along with each of these experiments, one sample was collected from 0.5 meter of the surface soil and graining experiment was performed on it. The significance of permeability was investigated by the use of non-parametric Mann-Whitney test and Kolmogorov–Smirnov test. The results show that permeability in Sadrabad, Nodoushan and Alaviyeh in control group were 4.92, 3.52 and 5.89 cm/ hr, respectively. After some periods of dewatering they were reduced 94 percent, 89 percent and 92 percent, respectively. And finally reached to 0.28, 0.37 and 0.47, respectively. Also, the average diameter of the particles decreased about 90 percent. The results of experiments showed that the decrease of permeability was significant in the level of 95 percent.