Assessing the Impact of Groundwater Extraction and Climate Change on a Protected Playa-Lake System in the Southern Iberian Peninsula: La Ratosa Natural Reserve
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Geological Setting of La Ratosa Playa-Lake System
1.2. Climatic Setting
1.3. Hydrological and Hydrogeological Setting
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Water Level Monitoring
2.2. Water Level Modelling
2.3. Climate Change Scenarios
2.4. Structural Data
3. Results
3.1. Geological Results
3.2. Water Level Variations, Modelling and Validation
3.3. Climate Change Scenarios
3.4. Hydrogeological Evolution of La-Camorra Aquifer
4. Discussion
4.1. Origin and Hydrogeological Evolution of La Ratosa System
4.2. Comparison with Great Hungarian Plain Playa-Lakes
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Watershed (hm2) | Flooded Area (hm2) | Relationship (W/Flooded Área) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
RaL | 557 | 23 | 24 | average year |
HL | 150 | 9.2 | 16 | average year |
Ratosa system | 797 | 52 | 15 | wet year (water level > 3 m) |
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Rodríguez-Rodríguez, M.; Halmos, L.; Jiménez-Bonilla, A.; Díaz-Azpiroz, M.; Gázquez, F.; Delgado, J.; Fernández-Ayuso, A.; Expósito, I.; Martos-Rosillo, S.; Yanes, J.L. Assessing the Impact of Groundwater Extraction and Climate Change on a Protected Playa-Lake System in the Southern Iberian Peninsula: La Ratosa Natural Reserve. Geographies 2025, 5, 21. https://doi.org/10.3390/geographies5020021
Rodríguez-Rodríguez M, Halmos L, Jiménez-Bonilla A, Díaz-Azpiroz M, Gázquez F, Delgado J, Fernández-Ayuso A, Expósito I, Martos-Rosillo S, Yanes JL. Assessing the Impact of Groundwater Extraction and Climate Change on a Protected Playa-Lake System in the Southern Iberian Peninsula: La Ratosa Natural Reserve. Geographies. 2025; 5(2):21. https://doi.org/10.3390/geographies5020021
Chicago/Turabian StyleRodríguez-Rodríguez, Miguel, Laszlo Halmos, Alejandro Jiménez-Bonilla, Manuel Díaz-Azpiroz, Fernando Gázquez, Joaquín Delgado, Ana Fernández-Ayuso, Inmaculada Expósito, Sergio Martos-Rosillo, and José Luis Yanes. 2025. "Assessing the Impact of Groundwater Extraction and Climate Change on a Protected Playa-Lake System in the Southern Iberian Peninsula: La Ratosa Natural Reserve" Geographies 5, no. 2: 21. https://doi.org/10.3390/geographies5020021
APA StyleRodríguez-Rodríguez, M., Halmos, L., Jiménez-Bonilla, A., Díaz-Azpiroz, M., Gázquez, F., Delgado, J., Fernández-Ayuso, A., Expósito, I., Martos-Rosillo, S., & Yanes, J. L. (2025). Assessing the Impact of Groundwater Extraction and Climate Change on a Protected Playa-Lake System in the Southern Iberian Peninsula: La Ratosa Natural Reserve. Geographies, 5(2), 21. https://doi.org/10.3390/geographies5020021