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Morphometric network drainage analysis for railway location: case study of Saudi Railway Company’s project

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To determine the suitability of a railway line’s location, morphometric network drainage analysis and a high-resolution digital elevation model (10 m) were used. This study was performed using the geoprocessing techniques of GIS. The extracted drainage network was classified according to the Strahler’s system of classification to study the suitability of railway tracks’ location via the project of Saudi Railway Company (SAR) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Moreover, culvert locations were examined by using existing network drainage locations. The results indicated that some culverts are not suitable to serve during floods, and two specific culverts of the SAR project should be relocated. Map algebra was used in this research to calculate the suitability, and the results show existing railways crossing two less suitable areas.

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  • 28 August 2019

    The original version of this paper was published with error. The correction in Figure 4 was misinterpreted. Instead of deleting the entire Figure 4b, typesetter only deleted the labels “a” and “b”. Given in this article is the correct figure.

Abbreviations

GIS:

Geographic information system

SAR:

Saudi Railway Company

NSR:

North–south railway

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This author expresses his appreciation to the Deanship of Scientific Research at King Saud University and the Research Center at the Faculty of Arts for funding the current article.

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The original version of this article was revised: The original version of this paper was published with error. The correction in Figure 4 was misinterpreted. Instead of deleting the entire Figure 4b, only the labels “a” and “b” were deleted. Given in this article is the correct figure.

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Altuwaijri, H.A. Morphometric network drainage analysis for railway location: case study of Saudi Railway Company’s project. Arab J Geosci 12, 508 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-019-4633-4

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