Hydrologic Connectivity of Head Waters and Floodplains in a Semi‐Arid Watershed
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9339605 |
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| Authors | Carlos G Ochoa (0000-0002-4958-919X, Oregon State University, corresponding author), Steven J Guldan (New Mexico State University), Andrés F Cibils (0000-0002-4733-6463, New Mexico State University), Stephanie C Lopez (New Mexico State University), Kenneth G Boykin (0000-0001-6381-0463, New Mexico State University), Vincent Tidwell (0000-0002-4954-897X, Sandia National Laboratories), Vincent C Tidwell (Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM), Alexander G Fernald (0000-0003-0299-6705, New Mexico State University) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 152 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 69-78 |
| Publication date | 2013-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Contemporary Water Research & Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1936-7031 • E-ISSN: 1936-704X |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1936-704x.2013.03169.x |
| OpenAlex | W1982378698 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 10 |
Hydrologic connectivity can be important when assessing the role of water availability and distribution in sustaining different natural processes and human activities in a given landscape. We present a study that served as one of five case studies for an interdisciplinary modeling course. The main objectives of the study presented are: 1) to characterize the hydrologic connectivity between the uplands and the irrigated valley and; 2) to set the foundations for understanding the connections between hydrology and complementary disciplines of ecology, rangeland management, and system dynamics modeling in a semiarid watershed in the southwestern United States. Study results show a strong hydrologic connectivity between surface and groundwater in the lower agricultural valley that follows a seasonal pattern, driven primarily by irrigation contributions to the shallow aquifer. The interdisciplinary modeling team assigned to this study was able to use data from it and outside sources to create a working model that addressed these interconnections and highlighted the study value of concurrent consideration of multiple components of linked hydrologic, economic, ecological, and social systems
Aquifer · Arid · Environmental resource management · Flood myth · Floodplain · Geography · Groundwater · Hydrological modelling · Hydrology (agriculture · Water resource management · Watershed · Archaeology and Natural History · Computer Science · Environmental Science · Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics · Rangeland and Wildlife Management · Ecology · Geology
| Highly cited | No |
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