Rahim Kazemi; Jahangir Porhemmat; Bagher Ghermez Cheshme
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Understanding the interaction of drought phenomenon and hydrological response of catchments can lead to obtaining some information for optimal water resource management. The aim of this study was to investigate the temporal relationship between drought and groundwater contribution to stream flow, in ...
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Understanding the interaction of drought phenomenon and hydrological response of catchments can lead to obtaining some information for optimal water resource management. The aim of this study was to investigate the temporal relationship between drought and groundwater contribution to stream flow, in Kaka–Reza Sub-catchment. In this study, the common period of 1382-2017 was considered for the corresponding hydrometric and rain gauge stations. The Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) was then calculated at time scales of three, six, nine, 12, 18 and 24 months. Base flow and related index were calculated by B-Flow-Line and Halick digital filter method in monthly, annual and total time bases. Then the Standardized Base Flow Index (SBFI), the Base Flow Duration Curve (BFDC) and the base flow duration curve shape index (SBFDC) was calculated. Changes in BFDC and the corresponding shape index and the relationships between SPI and SBFI were investigated and analyzed using the correlation method. The results showed that the average Base Flow Index during the research period was equal to 0.52 and its minimum and maximum were equal to 0.46 and 0.57, respectively. Also, the trend of bas flow changes is a decreasing trend with a low slope. The trend of changes SBFDC decreases over study period with a low slope. The rate of slope change is also from one to three percent, and close to the straight line, which indicates the tendency for base flow to be stable in the long time. The greatest impact of the drought phenomenon on the river base flow is in the time step of nine and twelve months. The correlation between SPI and SBFI with a coefficient of determination 0.87 confirms the increase in the groundwater contribution to base flow, with a delay of nine to twelve months.
Sahar Daraei; Abdolreza Bahremand; Hamid Karimi
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The land use changes cause changes in components of the hydrological cycle and increase or reduce the amount of runoff. Subsurface runoff is one of the most important parts of the runoff in wet areas, especially in steepy lands with higher vegetation. Given the advantages and capabilities of distributed ...
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The land use changes cause changes in components of the hydrological cycle and increase or reduce the amount of runoff. Subsurface runoff is one of the most important parts of the runoff in wet areas, especially in steepy lands with higher vegetation. Given the advantages and capabilities of distributed hydrological models, these models are appropriate to assess changes in land use and quantitative estimates of changes. In this study, evaluation of the effects of land use change scenarios on the subsurface flow rate was investigated using WetSpa model on daily basis in Horo-Dehno Watershed with an area of 263.43 Km2. Daily hydro-meteorology data including evapotranspiration, precipitation and temperature from 2006 to 2010 were used to run the model, . The model input maps included DEM, land use and soil texture maps. According to the watershed potentials, four scenarios of land use change were planned in ArcGIS and entered in the calibrated model for simulation. In order to use model to simulate the effects of land use change scenarios, sensitivity and uncertainty analysis and calibration were performed manually and afterwards with the PEST optimization program. In addition, to compare the output hydrograph of subsurface flow in current situation of four scenarios with simulated results, changes in hydrological processes and parameters were evaluated. This analysis showed that improving land use is the reason of increasing of subsurface flow, increasing of deep infiltration, reducing of surface runoff and increasing of watershed time of concentration . Whereas, land degradation reduces the amounts of subsurface flow, permeability to deep and surface aquifers and increases runoff volume. Therefore, maintaining and improving current land uses are one of the major alternatives for watershed surface runoff management.
