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Floodplain due to a possible failure of Mosul dam is delineated based on the worst scenario corresponding to a dam initial state with a water surface level at 330 m above the sea level. The results show that the flood wave will reach Mosul city within 2 h approximately and attain the maximum wave height of 24.1 m in 8 h after the dam break. The average flood velocity in the city will be 3.9 m/s. The stream power of the Tigris river during the flooding event will be in the range between 3.3–12.39 MW, which is extremely high compared to the range of 1.49–54.9 kW corresponding to normal conditions. The present results are compared with those of the previous studies, discussing the similarities and differences. Finally, the basic design parameters of the Badush dam are predicted, which is envisaged as a repulse dam to protect Mosul city and the other settlement areas downstream. For this dam, the calculations suggest a height of 92 m corresponding to 312 masl leading to the water storage of 9.8 × 10−9 m3.
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Authors would like to express their great thankful to both editorial board and reviewers for their constructive comments and suggestions to improve the manuscript. We are thankful also to the centre of flow simulation at Dusseldorf University of Applied Sciences for providing required support.
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Saeedrashed, Y.S., Benim, A.C. (2020). Geo-Morphometric Analysis and Flood Simulation of the Tigris River Due to a Predicted Failure of the Mosul Dam, Mosul, Iraq. In: Al-Quraishi, A., Negm, A. (eds) Environmental Remote Sensing and GIS in Iraq. Springer Water. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21344-2_16
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