From hillslope to stream: methods to investigate subsurface connectivity

T Blume, HJ Van Meerveld - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrologic connectivity is the linkage of separate regions of a catchment via water flow.
Knowledge of hillslope–stream connectivity (both at the surface and in the subsurface) is …

Exploring the response of shallow groundwater to precipitation in the northern piedmont of the Qinling Mountains, China

D Wang, P Li, X He, S He - Urban Climate, 2023 - Elsevier
Groundwater recharge from precipitation is a complex process that often exhibits strong
nonlinearity. This process is influenced by multiple hydrogeological and topographical …

[HTML][HTML] Efficiency of wheat straw mulching in reducing soil and water losses from three typical soils of the Loess Plateau, China

AE Rahma, DN Warrington, T Lei - International soil and water conservation …, 2019 - Elsevier
Mulching the soil surface with a layer of plant residue is considered an effective method of
conserving water and soil because it increases water infiltration into the soil, reduces …

Refining the concept of hydrological connectivity for large floodplain systems: Framework and implications for eco-environmental assessments

Y Li, Z Tan, Q Zhang, X Liu, J Chen, J Yao - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Recent years, the hydrological connectivity has gained popularity in various research fields,
however, its definition and threshold effects at a system scale have not received adequate …

Phytoplankton alpha diversity indices response the trophic state variation in hydrologically connected aquatic habitats in the Harbin Section of the Songhua River

F Meng, Z Li, L Li, F Lu, Y Liu, X Lu, Y Fan - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
The relationship between biodiversity and ecological functioning is a central issue in
freshwater ecology, but how this relationship is influenced by hydrological connectivity …

Surface runoff in flat terrain: How field topography and runoff generating processes control hydrological connectivity

WM Appels, PW Bogaart, SE van der Zee - Journal of Hydrology, 2016 - Elsevier
In flat lowland agricultural catchments in temperate climate zones with highly permeable
sandy soils, surface runoff is a rare process with a large impact on the redistribution of …

Delineation and quantification of wetland depressions in the Prairie Pothole Region of North Dakota

Q Wu, CR Lane - Wetlands, 2016 - Springer
Abstract The Prairie Pothole Region of North America is characterized by numerous, small,
wetland depressions that perform important ecological and hydrological functions. Recent …

Effect of slope, rainfall intensity and mulch on erosion and infiltration under simulated rain on purple soil of south-western Sichuan province, China

MN Khan, Y Gong, T Hu, R Lal, J Zheng, MF Justine… - Water, 2016 - mdpi.com
Purple soil is widely distributed in the hilly areas of the Sichuan basin, southwest China, and
is highly susceptible to water erosion. The triggering of this process is related to slope …

Interactions of microtopography, slope and infiltration cause complex rainfall‐runoff behavior at the hillslope scale for single rainfall events

D Caviedes‐Voullième, E Ahmadinia… - Water resources …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Microtopography (MT) can govern runoff dynamics as a net result of local heterogeneities in
the flow paths and ponding. This in turn controls the development of the surface water layer …

[HTML][HTML] What do models tell us about water and sediment connectivity?

JEM Baartman, JP Nunes, R Masselink, F Darboux… - Geomorphology, 2020 - Elsevier
Connectivity has been embraced by the geosciences community as a useful concept to
understand and describe hydrological functioning and sediment movement through …