Effect of deforestation on watershed water balance: hydrological modelling-based approach

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/forj-2015-0017" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/forj-2015-0017</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/forj-2015-0017" target="_blank" >10.1515/forj-2015-0017</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Effect of deforestation on watershed water balance: hydrological modelling-based approach

Original language description

Changes in land cover, including deforestation, can have significant effect on watershed hydrology. We used hydrological model with distributed parameters to evaluate the effect of simulated deforestation on water balance components in the watershed Ulička (97 km2, 84.3% forest cover) located in the eastern Slovakia. Under the current land cover, average interception accounted for 21.1% of the total precipitation during the calibration period 2001-2013. Most of the precipitation (77%) infiltrated into the soil profile, and less than half of this amount percolated into the ground water aquifer. The surface runoff accounted for 1.2% of the total precipitation only, while the interflow accounted for ca. 12%. The largest proportion of the precipitation contributed to the base flow (23%). Watershed`s deforestation induced significant decrease in the interception and evapotranspiration (by 76% and 12%, respectively). At the same time, total runoff, surface runoff, interflow and base flow increased by 20.4

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

GK - Forestry

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/QJ1220316" target="_blank" >QJ1220316: Assessment of expected changes in growth and mortality of forest stands, impacts on forest production in the Czech Republic, and proposal of adaptation strategy</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2015

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Lesnicky časopis (Forestry Journal)

ISSN

0323-1046

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

61

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

SK - SLOVAKIA

Number of pages

12

Pages from-to

89-100

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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