Flood Frequency Analysis of River Kafin Hausa, at Kafin Hausa, Jigawa State Nigeria

Abubakar Abbas Adamu, Salisu Dan'azumi, Salisu Dan'azumi, Abdulrasheed Mohammed, Abdulrasheed Mohammed

Abstract


Kafin Hausa River is one of the tributaries of the Hadejia River. It is one of the major Rivers in the Hadejia-Jama’are-Komadugu-Yobe River Basins that is vital to the livelihood of the growing population of northern Nigeria and a major water resource. Fouty six years of annual maximum series data (1976-2021) of streamflow for Kafin Hausa station were subjected to goodness-of-fit test using five probability distributions (normal, log-normal, Pearson type III, generalized extreme value type I and Gumbel) in order to establish the best-fit distribution of the data set. Log Pearson type III was found to provide the best fit and was subsequently used to carry out flood frequency analysis The predicted discharge for 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100 and 200-years return periods are 33.11, 41.69, 45.70, 48.27, 49.65, 50.59, and 51.25 m3/s respectively. It was concluded therefore that Log Pearson type III distribution model is the best model and can therefore be used for flood estimation and design of hydraulic structures along the Kafin Hausa River. 


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