Abstract 
The Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip suffer a lot of severe shortage of available water resources for different uses. The reason of such suffering is the complete control of Israeli occupation of those resources, and the restrictions and difficulties they impose on them. The Palestinians try to maximize their use of available water resources, especially the surface water. They dig cistern wells in their homes’ yards to collect rainwater from the roofs of their houses and buildings. But the amount of rainwater which they could collect is very limited, and does not contribute a lot in solving the problem. This study aimed at deciding the best locations for dams in the study area. Contour map of 5 meters interval is used in topographic analysis, and  GIS software version 10.1 and its extension Hydro 2.0 are used in analyzing wadis network and determining suitable locations for dams’. The study showed that there are 15 locations for dam construction, but 3 of them are the best from the storage capacity and from the cost point of view. The total water runoff of the study area is estimated as 21315000 m³.      Keywords: Hebron, Wadis Network, GIS, Dams   

Title

دراسات للعلوم الانسانية والاجتماعية

Publisher

الجامعة الاردنية

Publisher Country

Jordan

Indexing

Scopus

Impact Factor

None

Publication Type

Both (Printed and Online)

Volume

44

Year

2017

Pages

23