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Cox, Benjamin Samuel. "Assessment of an invasive lake trout population in Swan Lake, Montana." Thesis, Montana State University, 2010. http://etd.lib.montana.edu/etd/2010/cox/CoxB0810.pdf.
Full textMidgelow, Vida. "Reworking the ballet : re-figuring the body and 'Swan Lake'." Thesis, University of Surrey, 2003. http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/849747/.
Full textGrulkowski, Darin. "MACROINVERTEBRATE AND HABITAT ASSOCIATIONS IN A REHABILITATED ILLINOIS RIVER FLOODPLAIN: SWAN LAKE, ILLINOIS." OpenSIUC, 2010. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/314.
Full textHicks, Jocelyn Lorene. "Oxbow Lakes as Geological Archives of Historical Changes in Channel Substrate; Swan Creek Metropark, Toledo, Ohio." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1510273054292742.
Full textWarrington, Monique A. "Secondary porosity as a play concept in the Cooper Basin, Australia : examples from the Swan Lake and Crowsnest Fields /." Title page, abstract and table of contents only, 2004. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09SB/09sbw2954.pdf.
Full textDibling, David R. "Development And Validation Of A High-Resolution, Nearshore Model For Lake Erie." The Ohio State University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1354052794.
Full textSmith, Randolph V. "Evaluation of waterfowl habitat and spring food selection by mallard and lesser scaup on the Swan Lake, Illinois Habitat Rehabilitation and Enhancement Project /." Available to subscribers only, 2007. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1400953611&sid=4&Fmt=2&clientId=1509&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
Full textSmith, Jacqueline Nichole. "Fairy Tales en pointe: Fairy Brides, Ballerinas, and Ballets that Made the Tale." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2020. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/8968.
Full textBulut, Elif. "Assessment Of Management Policies For Lake Uluabat Basin Using Avswat." Master's thesis, METU, 2005. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12606794/index.pdf.
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20%. It was concluded that agricultural sites were among major contributors of phosphorus load to Lake Uluabat. SOLP load to lake was about 4.0 gP/m2/year, greater than the target value of 1.0 gP/m2/year (DHKD, 2002). Scenario results showed that removing agricultural lands around Lake Uluabat and decreasing fertilizer application rates were necessary to reduce SOLP loads to lake. Moreover, phosphorus load from Emet and Orhaneli Watersheds seemed significant.
Gentner, Tiffany M. "Climate Impacts on Nutrient Loading in Lake Erie." University of Toledo / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1525281661690821.
Full textKemp, Annabeth S. "Freshwater cyanoprokaryota blooms in the Swan Coastal Plain wetlands: ecology, taxonomy and toxicology." Curtin University of Technology, Division of Science and Engineering, Department of Environmental Biology, 2009. http://espace.library.curtin.edu.au:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=129384.
Full textA total of 24 species were identified and described, of which nine species had not been previously documented in the area. This included the potentially toxic species Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii, Aphanizomenon ovalisporum and Anabaena bergii var. limnetica. An illustrated guide to the common bloom-forming species was generated using conventional taxonomic criteria.
Microcystis flos-aquae and Microcystis aeruginosa were the dominant bloom-forming cyanoprokaryotes, widespread in their distribution. Anabaena circinalis, A. bergii var. limnetica and Anabaenopsis elenkinii were the common filamentous species. Anabaena circinalis was common to certain freshwater sites, while A. bergii var. limnetica and A. elenkinii occurred in salinity ranging from fresh (< 1ppt) to hyposaline (3-10 ppt). Sites with similar species assemblages were identified using two-way indicator species analysis and clustering analysis. From this, a distinct distribution pattern emerged, which was defined by the main genera observed in the lakes – Microcystis, Anabaena, Aphanizomenon and Anabaenopsis.
The spatial and temporal distribution of the common bloom-forming cyanoprokaryote species was examined in conjunction with spring-summer physico-chemical data using principal component analysis. It was found that pH, water temperature and electrical conductivity/salinity accounted for variations among the lakes, with electrical conductivity the variable explaining the greatest variation. Lakes located on the coast, or further inland at the base of the Darling Scarp, were more hyposaline to saline, and the remaining lakes were fresh. Although the SCP lakes form consanguineous groups based on geochemistry and hydrology, no similarities among them were found in terms of water quality.
The relationship between nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) concentrations (total and dissolved inorganic) and cyanoprokaryote community structure (N-fixing versus non-N-fixing species) was investigated in five selected lakes; Yangebup Lake, Bibra Lake, Blue Gum Lake, Tomato Lake and Emu Lake. The lakes ranged from mesotrophic to eutrophic and supported spring-summer blooms containing multiple species. Overall an inverse relationship between cyanoprokaryote abundance and total ambient nutrient concentrations at the time of the blooms was evident. No transition in dominance in the community was observed in Yangebup Lake, Emu Lake and Bibra Lake, as they were dominated by non-heterocytic species (M. aeruginosa and M. flos-aquae) throughout spring and summer. For Yangebup Lake and Bibra Lake, the abundance of non-heterocytic species decreased concomitantly with decreasing dissolved inorganic N. In contrast, heterocytic species (A. circinalis) dominated the spring community in Tomato Lake, and summer community in Blue Gum Lake, when N and P concentrations were at their highest.
The presence of microcystins in Microcystis dominated blooms was examined using high performance chromatography. A total of 32 natural bloom samples, representing 13 lakes, were analysed for microcystin variants; -LR, -RR and -YR. Twenty-eight samples proved to be toxic with the highest total microcystin concentration from 1645 to 8428.6 µg L[superscript]-1, the lowest concentrations were less than 10 µg L[superscript]-1 with some below the detection limit. Microcystis aeruginosa and M. flos-aquae were associated with these microcystin-containing blooms, although M. flos-aquae appear to be less toxic. The presence of Nodularia spumigena in the Lake Yangebup was associated with high concentrations of nodularin (1664 µg L[superscript]-1).
Employing enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for microcystins and the brine shrimp (Artemia) bioassays allowed a greater number of lake samples to be analysed and provided a rapid assessment of toxicity. The three methods for cyanotoxin detection verified Yangebup Lake, Herdsman Lake, Hyde Park, Jackadder Lake and Emu Lake as highly toxic sites. Low toxicity was demonstrated in samples from Lake Goollelal, Lake Joondalup, Lake Claremont, Blue Gum Lake and North Lake. These results provided the first evidence of cyanotoxin producing blooms in urban lakes of the SCP.
A comparative study on cyanoprokaryota blooms in Swan River estuary, upper Canning River and upper Serpentine River found that these sites, although hyposaline to saline, contained species that were common in the freshwater lakes. Sampling the river systems showed M. aeruginosa, M. flos-aquae, A. circinalis, A. elenkinii and Planktothrix planctonica to be cosmopolitan in distribution, present in SCP wetlands of varied salinity. Similarities between the upper Canning River and lakes in environmental conditions and species assemblage were demonstrated using multivariate analyses.
Toxin analysis of bloom samples from the Swan River and upper Canning River revealed microcystin concentrations were less than that of the surrounding lakes (1.05-124.16 µg L[superscript]-1). Similarly, nodularin concentrations were higher in Yangebup Lake than the upper Serpentine River. However, the dominance of Anabaena in Canning River samples, and the highly toxic result from the Artemia bioassay suggests microcystin is not the predominant cyanotoxin in this wetland.
This study has produced an overview of the distribution and morphology of cyanotoxin-producing cyanoprokaryotes in the SCP wetlands. The data presented provide the basis for further cyanoprokaryote research in Western Australia, in particular the molecular characterisation of bloom-forming toxic species.
Khadka, Pravakar. "Three-Dimensional Hydrodynamic Modeling to Analyze Salinity Interaction of Coastal Marshland with a Lake: A Case Study of Mentor Marsh near Lake Erie, Ohio." Youngstown State University / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1596468029655531.
Full textMollenkamp, Lorinda Larae. "Demonstrating an approach for modeling crop growth and hydrology using SWAT 2009 in Kanopolis Lake Watershed, Kansas." Kansas State University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/16307.
Full textDepartment of Biological and Agricultural Engineering
Kyle R. Douglas-Mankin
Aleksey Y. Sheshukov
According the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) website, our planet is at risk of global warming due to greenhouse gas emissions. The earth’s average temperature has been reported to have risen by 1.4°F over the last century. This seemingly small increase in average planetary temperature has been linked to devastating floods, severe heat waves, and dangerous and unpredictable shifts in our climate (US EPA, 2013a). In the 2012 report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change states that bioenergy has the potential to significantly mitigate greenhouse gases as long as this is produced in a sustainable manner (Chum, et al., 2011). In light of these facts, research into the sustainable production of bioenergy sources in the United States is currently underway. To ensure that the correct biofuel crop is selected for a given region and to investigate any secondary effects of changing our nation’s agricultural practices to include biofuels, computer models can be very useful. The Soil Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) is a robust, continuous time step model that was developed by the USDA Agricultural Resource Service that can simulate changes in land use and land management and the effect this has on erosion, water quality, and other important factors. This paper describes the preliminary work to create a model of the Kanopolis Lake Watershed that is part of the Kansas River Basin using SWAT 2009. Data pertaining to weather, topography, land use, management, stream flow, and reservoirs was gathered and incorporated into the SWAT model. This was then simulated to obtain the uncalibrated data. SWAT produced unacceptable statistics for both crop yields and for stream flow using the Nash-Sutcliffe Efficiency equation and using percent bias. This suggests that the model must be calibrated to be of use in understanding both the current and future land use scenarios. Once the model is calibrated and validated, it can be used to simulate different biofuel cropping scenarios.
Setegn, Shimelis Gebriye. "Modelling Hydrological and Hydrodynamic Processes in Lake Tana Basin, Ethiopia." Doctoral thesis, KTH, Vattendragsteknik, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-12024.
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Banks, Tara Renee. "Effects of land use changes on trumpeter swan (Cygnus buccinator) use of lakes in the Grande Prairie region of Alberta." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ40027.pdf.
Full textKast, Jeffrey Benjamin. "Manure Management in the Maumee River Watershed and Watershed Modeling to Assess Impacts on Lake Erie's Water Quality." The Ohio State University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1532009053900119.
Full textSetegn, Shimelis Gebriye. "Hydrological and sediment Yield modelling in Lake Tana Basin, Blue Nile Ethiopia." Licentiate thesis, Stockholm : Mark- och vattenteknik, Land and Water Resource Engineering, Kungliga Tekniska högskolan, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-4796.
Full textDile, Yihun. "Intensifying Agricultural Water Management in the Tropics : A cause of water shortage or a source of resilience?" Doctoral thesis, Stockholms universitet, Stockholm Resilience Centre, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-102878.
Full textAt the time of the doctoral defense, the following papers were unpublished and had a status as follows: Paper 2: Manuscript. Paper 3: Manuscript. Paper 5: Epub ahead of print. Paper 6: Manuscript.
Water resources management and social-ecological resilience
Boyce, Liel Y. "Knightly Bird Vows: A Case Study in Late Medieval Courtly Culture." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2012. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/3134.
Full textShen, Chai-Ju, and 沈家如. "Re-investigating the Role of Odile in Swan Lake." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/51488569561447418508.
Full text臺北藝術大學
藝術與人文教育研究所
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Ballet as a classical art form has become a target of feminist discourse, stating that patriarchy instills an ideal image of women throughout the presentation of ballet. Other than the tool of feminism which is used in Taiwan scholarly discourse, perhaps an alternative broader understanding of dance and society may be proposed. A higher altitude to view history of ballet would be reached. Putting aside the gender issue- the dichotomy of sylphs and sirens, we observe ballet as an epitome of culture. Hopefully, the deeper knowledge of ballet itself will allow critical thinking in dance within general education in Taiwan. Based on dance history research, this essay will focus on the outstanding ballet: Swan Lake (1895). Through the narrative, 19th century’s cultural thought will also be discussed. After the analyses of the character and her body movements, ways of Lacanian psychoanalysis(Zizek)as well as reading female body are incorporated in order to provide a contemporary perspective of the female ballet subjectivity and body.
MA, CHIN-HSIN, and 馬沁心. "Gesamtkunstwerk Characteristics of Matthew Bourne’s Dance Work Swan Lake." Thesis, 2019. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/nh5557.
Full text國立臺灣藝術大學
戲劇學系表演藝術碩士班
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This research focuses on dance work Swan Lake created by British choreographer Matthew Bourne (1960-) and explores its interdisciplinary characteristics. Considering concept of "Gesamtkunstwerk" proposed by 19th century German musician Richard Wagner (1813-1883), the researcher analyzes Matthew Bourne’s adaption of classical ballet Swan Lake (a new dance theatre creation) performed by Adventures in Motion Pictures and recorded in the dance company’s 1996 DVD. Firstly, data are collected by applying historical method (historiography and collection of historical source materials). Written, visual and aural source materials on Gesamtkunstwerk, Matthew Bourne’s choreography and Swan Lake (classical ballet and dance theatre versions) are analyzed according to their historical contest. It is discovered, before the appearance of interdisciplinary studies, the concept of Gesamtkunstwerk had existed in the field of dance and drama during 1970s in Taiwan. Dance theatre itself is an interdisciplinary preforming arts form integrating different medium. The concept of integration (Gesamtkunstwerk) generates assimilation between different theatrical elementes within dance theatre and creates new performing forms. Bourne’s Swan Lake displays characteristics of tradition and invention. It moves beyond movement-centered choreography, and integrates contemporary issues, popular culture, dance vocabulary, performing body, theatre design and music. It demonstrations features of interdisciplinary practice of Gesamtkunstwerk, and revolutionized the style and spectrum of dance theatre. Secondly, a new method Gesamtkunstwerk-structural analysis is developed by integrating method of macro-structural analysis (deriving form Choreological studies) and Wagner’s concept of Gesamtkunstwerk. It is used to record features of five strands on Gesamtkunstwerk (Architecture, Settings, Plots, Performers and Sounds) in Bourne’s Swan Lake. The researcher discovers that Bourne interweaves and coordinates the five strands forming complex nexus of connections. Finally, the researcher selects the first scene of the first act of the dance (3:17-6:09), and analyze its music structure and dance structure. Music-dance structural comparison chart and Music-dance micro-structural analysis chart are created by integrating method of micro-structural analysis and music analysis. This leads to the discovery of the close relationship between music and dance. This case study applies interdisciplinary approach by combining music, drama and dance source materials, as well as integrating research methods of history, music and dance. It reveals Bourne’s dance theatre work Swan Lake, is a composite interdisciplinary integration. Bourne’s creative traits are innovative and diverse, demonstrating Gesamtkunstwerk characteristics of new generation.
Mbadugha, Marie Cecile Esclanda. "Indigenous planning: process and development of a community housing plan for Swan Lake First Nation." 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1993/15796.
Full textChun, Chang Yu, and 張育鈞. "A Study on Picture Books with Musical Tale as the Subject Matter --- Taking〝Swan Lake〞as an example." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/g74k76.
Full textMack, Beverly Jane. "Sedimentology and subaerial exposure surfaces of the Middle Devonian Snipe Lake reef complex, Swan Hills Formation, west-central Alberta." 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1993/20905.
Full textTownsend, Lise. "Urban watershed health and resilience, evaluated through land use history and eco-hydrology in Swan Lake watershed (Saanich, B.C.)." Thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1828/1741.
Full textLin, Cho-Yi, and 林卓儀. "Application of Comedy Elements in Ballet: Case Study on Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo’s Swan Lake-Act II." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/ak7f7r.
Full text國立臺灣藝術大學
戲劇學系表演藝術碩士班
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Ballet is originated from Europe, with a particular aesthetic standards and technical specifications. It’s concise, lightweight, stretched body movements, revealing the elegant aristocratic temperament, as most Westerners aesthetic concept model of the complete expression. Classical ballet Swan Lake has been a classic dance, as its plot, characters’ image and dance segments are in people's minds deeply, which is still retained as one of many ballet companies repertoire.Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo was founded in New York, all the performance members constituted by male, who referenced to the second act in Swan Lake of which text, dance choreography structure as the basis, using the parody and adaptation to revised and created a Swan Lake-Act II. They performed a classical piece in a comedy way in order to express their respect and mock to ballet. For the thesis, through the researching of Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo’s Swan Lake-Act II. First of all, I clarify how its narrative structure was adapted from text of dance, and reconstruct the plot and modify the image of characters to make the dance more dramatic. Clearly and precisely compare with the Mariinsky Theatre-Kirov Ballet, which performed the Classical version in 2006 as a video image. For the purpose of analyzing the content and structure of dance work by the Macroanalysis (Ying-Pi Chaing, 2001), focusing on the choreography and movement of content that was selected and changed in Swan Lake-Act II. Then, take use of the Effort Elements analysis system to disassemble and describe this subject dissimilar in the traditional performing way. Try to presented a different impression of the traditional ballet dance works. The last step, Based on Cassady (2006) proposed of six comic devices, clarifying the comedy elements that used in the performance, and exploring how their "ballet" arouse laughter of the audience, a clear interpretation of the dance form and comedy effective work with each other in interdisciplinary-cooperation. Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo applied comedy elements into ballet performing style, and took the way of humor to imitate and re-interpretation the classical ballet repertoire. Transforming the fine art to close to the people and make it into a humor dance style, meanwhile entertaining people in a strong dramatic way, also with a sense of humor and mild irony meaning, to ridicule and question the restriction of noble values of classical ballet. It subverts the traditional technique when visitors to appreciate the seriousness feelings of the original classical ballet, bring the other aspect of the ballet and the possibility of appreciate.
SUN, HSIAO-CHAIO, and 孫筱喬. "An Action Research for a Seventh-Grade Performing Arts Class Based on Analysis of Dancing Technique of Four Cygnet Dance Music of Swan Lake." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/kskskn.
Full text國立高雄師範大學
表演藝術碩士學位學程
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Abstract This study is intended to analyze dancing works by adopting appropriate relative techniques, which applies to ballet courses of Performing Art Section in junior high school. Throughout the entire process, the researcher remained consistent in considering and modifying to get problems solved and teaching improved by applying teaching strategy of action research. Meanwhile, the researcher assisted students in better understanding body abilities as well as gesture positioning to ameliorate the development of teachers’ proficiency. The researcher focused on investigation of qualitative research by action research. The real practice, close observation, interview recording, participants’ worksheets, course notes, class feedback, diaries for instruction are included to help researcher consider and modify information related to teaching. The teaching content can be adjusted by analysis of dancing techniques and characteristics of ballet. This raised students’ learning motivation as well as teachers’ teaching practice and effects. The result of this research can be divided into three parts. First, there was a significant effect toward students’ learning motivation and effects by utilizing dancing techniques analysis to ballet courses based on Pyotr Ilyich of Swan Lake. In addition, participants’ were aware of the change of body abilities to better their creation as well as social skills throughout the process of cooperation and feedback. And last but not least, teachers’ proficiency could be improved by action research. According to discoveries of this study, researcher anticipated these related information be suggestion to further researches.
Yu-ChiChang and 張育綺. "Climate and Environmental Changes in the Southeastern China During Mid-to-Late Holocene Reflected by a Stalagmite Record From Swan Cave in Fujian." Thesis, 2012. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/02617857747268749542.
Full text國立成功大學
地球科學系碩博士班
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Swan(Tien-En) Cave(26°18'N,116°49'E,505m above sea level) is located at Ninghua County of Fujian,China where is under the influence of the East Asian Monsoon. We collected a 87-mm-long stalagmite (GC-2) in 2010. The growth axis of the sample shifted three times, with dripping displacement changed at 50.9~54.7mm and 74.3~78.9mm depths. Through ICP-MS 230Th/U dating (including isochron dating method), the results show that the upper 50mm part was deposited from 4000 to 3500 yr during the late Holocene, and 50~87mm grew from 7500 to 4000 yr during middle Holocene. For reconstruction of paleoclimate and paleoenvironment of the region,we have generated high-resolutionδ18O andδ13C records (485 measurements) and 65 pairs of Mg and Sr concentrations。 Theδ18O of the stalagmite varies between -7.10‰ and -5.22‰ (PDB), with a mean value of -6.05±0.30‰. Theδ13C varies between -9.88‰ and -4.00‰ (PDB),with an average of -7.11±1.16‰. Bothδ18O andδ13C records show a decreasing trend from 7500 to 3500 years. Using theδ18O value of dripping water from Swan Cave being -5.8‰ (SMOW) and cave temperature which is 19℃, we calculate the δ18O of cave calcite which precipitates in isotopic equilibrium value, being -6.2‰ (PDB) that is close to the δ18O value of the top sample in Stalagmite GC-2. This calculation and the Hendy test allow us to prove the stalagmite grown under isotope equilibrium. There is a generally positive correlation betweenδ18O andδ13C,indicating that climate change was the main factor to influence the surface vegetation. This study is the first attempt to reconstruct the high-resolution climatic variations in Fujian area during mid-to-late Holocene by speleothem record. Based on the δ18O andδ13C records of GC-2, the climatic conditions were relatively dry with less vegetation intensity during 3700~3850,3950~4050,4150~4250,4300~4400,4700~4800,4900~5200,5700~5900,6200~6300 and 6700~6900 yr; and those periods among the above intervals had relatively wet conditions and better vegetation coverage. We have compared the GC-2 δ18O record with the stalagmiteδ18O records from Dongge Cave in Guizhou and from Heshang Cave in Hubei. The comparison reveals that the GC-2δ18O record had a decreasing trend which is opposite to the trends of Dongge and Heshangδ18O records. Our interpretation for this discrepancy is that the moisture source from the Pacific and Indian Oceans had different ratios to different regions through time. We need to understand the physical meanings of speleothemδ18O on various time scales.
Geremew, Asmamaw Adamu. "Assessing the impacts of land use and land cover change on hydrology of watershed: a case study on Gigel-Abbay Watershed, Lake Tana Basin, Ethiopia." Master's thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/9208.
Full textThe population growth for the last 16 years caused changes in land cover of the Gilgel Abbay watershed, Lake Tana basin, Ethiopia. The effects of the land cover changes have impacted on the stream flow of the watershed by changing the magnitude of surface runoff and ground water flow. This study is mainly focusing on the assessment of the impacts of the land cover changes on the stream flow by changing SURQ and GWQ for the wet months (June, July, August) and dry months (January, February, March) through satellite Remote Sensing (RS) and Geographic Information System (GIS) integrated with the SWAT model. ArcGIS used to generate land use and cover maps from Landsat TM and ETM+ acquired, respectively, in 1986 and 2001. The land cover maps were generated using the Maximum Likelihood Algorithm of Supervised Classification. The accuracy of the classified maps was assessed using Confusion Metrics. The result of this analysis showed that the cultivated land has expanded during the study period of 1986-2001. Using the two generated land cover maps, two SWAT models set up were run to evaluate the impacts the land use and cover changes on the stream flow of the study watershed. The performance of the SWAT model was evaluated through sensitivity analysis, calibration, and validation. Ten flow parameters were identified to be sensitive for the stream flow of the study area and used for model calibration. The model calibration was carried out using observed stream flow data from 01 January 1987 to 31 December 1994 and a validation period from 01 January 1995 to 31 December 2001. Both the calibration and validation results showed good match between measured and simulated stream flow data with the coefficient of determination (R2) of 0.93 and Nash-Sutcliffe efficiency (ENS) of 0.95 for the calibration, and R2 of 0.91 and ENS of 0.90 of the validation period. The result of this analysis indicated that the mean monthly stream flow increased by 16.26m3/s for the wet months while for the dry months decreased by 5.41 m3/s. Generally, the analysis indicated that flow during the wet months has increased, while the flow during the dry months decreased. The SURQ increased, while GWQ decreased from 1986 to 2001 due to the increment of cultivated lands. The model results showed that the stream flow characteristics changed due to the land cover changes during the study period.