Sustainable Water Management Solutions for Large Cities
(Proceedings of symposium S2 held during the Seventh IAHS Scientific Assembly at Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil, April 2005). IAHS Publ. 293, 2005, 174-177One of the ways to hold-up overland flow in an urban catchment
ELENA ASABINA
Russian Research Institute of Water Resources Integrated Management and Protection, Shevchenko Str., 29–45, Ekaterinburg 620075, Russia
asabina@macbox.ru
Abstract Results of assumptions regarding the influence of land use on amounts of overland flow are discussed. Joint consideration of hydrological, climatic and soil processes in a river catchment permits us to determine special conditions of flow formation in different parts of the catchment and to estimate values of overland flow. The approach lets us identify those areas where maximum amounts of water should form. These areas need flow protection measures against surface flow depletion.
Key words
catchment; land use; overland flow; river system; water amount