El efecto de la escala sobre los procesos de escorrentía superficial
- Ceballos Barbancho, A.
- Schnabel, S.
- Cerdà i Bolinches, A.
ISSN: 0213-4497
Year of publication: 1996
Issue Title: IV Reunión Nacional de Geomorfología
Issue: 21
Pages: 91-102
Type: Article
More publications in: Cadernos do Laboratorio Xeolóxico de Laxe: Revista de xeoloxía galega e do hercínico peninsular
Abstract
In a small catchment under the so-called dehesa landuse system, the production of surface runoff is investigated at different scales. This includes experiments with simulated rainfall at micro-plots, event-based measurements of overland flow at 17 open plots and 1 closed plot, and discharge production of the catchment and subcatchment. The runoff coefficients of the considered scales form two groups, with low values for the catchment and sub-catchment and high values for the microplots and hillslope plots. The results show that large part of runoff produced at the slopes is infiltrated afterwards at colluvial sites and the valley floors. Furthemore, they indicate the importance of studying at various scales in order to understand the hydrological processes operating in catchments.