Geographic Information System-Based Database for Monitoring and Assessing Mining Impacts on Water Resources and Environmental Systems at National Scale: A Case Study of Morocco (North Africa)
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area
2.2. Methodological Approach
2.3. Geospatial Database Design
2.4. Data Collection and Processing
2.4.1. Mine Sites
2.4.2. Mining Waste
2.4.3. Geology
2.4.4. Administrative Subdivision and Urban Agglomeration
2.4.5. Transport Facilities
2.4.6. Forest and Ecological Sites
2.4.7. Water Resources
2.5. The Implementation of the GIS-Based Environmental Database
3. Results
3.1. Distribution of Mines According to Their Status
3.2. Distribution of Mines in Morocco Regions
3.3. Distribution of Moroccan Mines by Ore Category
3.4. Mines and Water Resources
3.4.1. Distribution of Mines According to Watersheds
3.4.2. Distribution of Mines According to Their Proximity to Dams and Hydrographic Networks
3.5. Distribution of Mines According to Their Proximity to Oases
3.6. Mines and Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) Potential
3.7. Prioritized Mining Sites
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Region | Active | Closed | Under-Develop | Total Mines | Population |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tanger-Tétouan-AlHouceima | 0 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 3,725,192 |
Oriental | 8 | 30 | 2 | 40 | 2,402,374 |
Fès-Meknès | 5 | 11 | 3 | 19 | 4,347,958 |
Rabat-Salè-Kénitra | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 4,769,423 |
Béni Mellal-Khénifra | 3 | 24 | 5 | 32 | 2,581,703 |
Casablanca-Settat | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7,218,021 |
Marrakesh-Safi | 16 | 25 | 5 | 46 | 4,687,947 |
Drâa-Tafilalet | 15 | 40 | 4 | 59 | 1,673,773 |
Souss-Massa | 7 | 13 | 2 | 22 | 2,817,204 |
Guelmim-Oued Noun | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 441,800 |
Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 388,902 |
Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 165,250 |
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Boukhari, S.; Khalil, A.; Zouhri, L.; El Adnani, M. Geographic Information System-Based Database for Monitoring and Assessing Mining Impacts on Water Resources and Environmental Systems at National Scale: A Case Study of Morocco (North Africa). Water 2025, 17, 924. https://doi.org/10.3390/w17070924
Boukhari S, Khalil A, Zouhri L, El Adnani M. Geographic Information System-Based Database for Monitoring and Assessing Mining Impacts on Water Resources and Environmental Systems at National Scale: A Case Study of Morocco (North Africa). Water. 2025; 17(7):924. https://doi.org/10.3390/w17070924
Chicago/Turabian StyleBoukhari, Salma, Abdessamad Khalil, Lahcen Zouhri, and Mariam El Adnani. 2025. "Geographic Information System-Based Database for Monitoring and Assessing Mining Impacts on Water Resources and Environmental Systems at National Scale: A Case Study of Morocco (North Africa)" Water 17, no. 7: 924. https://doi.org/10.3390/w17070924
APA StyleBoukhari, S., Khalil, A., Zouhri, L., & El Adnani, M. (2025). Geographic Information System-Based Database for Monitoring and Assessing Mining Impacts on Water Resources and Environmental Systems at National Scale: A Case Study of Morocco (North Africa). Water, 17(7), 924. https://doi.org/10.3390/w17070924