Research Article

Probabilistic Risk Assessment in Medium Scale for Rainfall-Induced Earthflows: Catakli Catchment Area (Cayeli, Rize, Turkey)

Table 1

Descriptive statistics for the conditioning factors.

ParameterMin.Max.MeanStd. DeviationVariance

Data
The catchment area ( )

Topographic parameters
 Topographic altitude (m)6.921212.25357.79202.8841161.71
 Slope gradient (°)0.0060.8125.479.7695.24
 Profile slope curvature (100−1 m)−15.2815.270.031.883.55
 Plan slope curvature (100−1 m)−13.4113.580.031.642.69
Hydrotopographic parameters
 Topographic wetness index4.5320.515.630.640.41
 Stream power index0.0011.971.221.301.68
 Sediment transport capacity index0.00611.526.469.5390.84
 Distance to drainage (m)0.00546.0885.4469.034765.66
 Drainage density (km−1)0.008.323.711.472.16
Environmental factors
 Distance to roads (m)0.00728.33123.46122.1614922.51
 Road density (km−1)0.009.613.452.064.23
 Building density (km−2)0.00170.7038.8931.981023.01
 Norm. difference vegetation index−0.280.730.540.140.02

The earthflows ( )

Topographic parameters
 Topographic altitude (m)78.08449.56261.8778.226117.68
 Slope gradient (°)3.3541.3324.287.7259.65
 Profile slope curvature (100−1 m)−4.214.590.181.472.17
 Plan slope curvature (100−1 m)−5.245.54−0.571.552.39
Hydrotopographic parameters
 Topographic wetness index5.066.655.520.290.08
 Stream power index0.004.241.370.940.88
 Sediment transport capacity index0.0014.536.213.7414.03
 Distance to drainage (m)0.48314.56110.2262.413894.78
 Drainage density (km−1)4.326.603.541.331.76
Environmental factors
 Distance to roads (m)2.90246.8670.1152.252729.69
 Road density (km−1)0.649.464.791.943.78
 Building density (km−2)12.81161.2562.3930.04902.44
 Norm. difference vegetation index0.160.680.550.100.01