College of Marine Sciences, University of Basrah discussed a Ph.D. thesis on using of geomatics techniques in predicting indicators and characteristics of soil and water adjacent to the Shatt Al-Arab River by the postgraduate student, Ms. Furqan Khaled Al-Daraji.

The thesis aimed at building and developing predictive models for water resources management in the northern part of Basrah Governorate, adjacent to the Shatt Al-Arab River.

The thesis highlighted that the predictive mathematical models that were developed and proposed achieved high accuracy in monitoring the hydrological and physical properties of the soil and the hydraulic properties of the Shatt Al-Arab River and the soils adjacent to it.

The thesis recommended using of models that were built and applied using geomatics techniques in studying many variables of hydrological and environmental systems due to their high efficiency in reducing effort, time and costs compared to traditional and field methods.