The degree of success of river water diversion planning decisions is affected by uncertain environmental conditions. The adaptive water management framework incorporates this uncertainty at all stages of management. While the most effective form of a...
Under high-pressure systems, the nocturnal atmospheric boundary layer in the Pannonian Basin is influenced by gravity flows generated at the mountain ranges and along the valleys, determining the variability of wind and temperature at a local scale a...
Biogenic or microbial methane has an increasing share in the global gas resource base, though its exploration still faces challenges and welcomes innovations. Critical elements of its migration and accumulation models are the groundwater flows which...
Accurate prediction of future streamflow in flood-prone regions is crucial for effective flood management and disaster mitigation. This study presents an innovative approach for streamflow projections in deep learning (DL) environment by integrating...
Quantification of hydrologic model prediction uncertainty for various flow quantiles is of great importance for water resource planning and management. Thus, this study is designed to assess the effect of subbasin spatial scale on the hydrological mo...
In watershed mountain basins, affected in the last decades by strong rainfall events, the role of debris-flow and debris flood processes was investigated. Morphometric parameters have proven to be useful first-approximation indicators in discriminati...
Global warming has a profound influence on global and regional water cycles, especially in the cold mountainous area. However, detecting and quantifying such changes are still difficult because noise and variability in observed streamflow are relativ...
This study investigates the spatial correlation and service flow of supply and demand for water purification ecosystem services at multiple scales (i.e., the Taihu Lake Basin, sub-basin, and county) by quantitatively assessing the supply–demand...
Neglecting ecosystem services has impeded sustainable urban–rural development, particularly in terms of the efficient flow of water supply services between urban and rural areas. This study focuses on the Fenhe River Basin, evaluating water sup...
The 1944 Water Treaty recognizes irrigation return flows; however, neither the Treaty nor subsequent Minutes (323/2017, 330/2024) regulate irrigation efficiency, creating a critical institutional gap under increasing water scarcity. This review provi...
Understanding the groundwater storage and release (S-Q) process and its contribution to river flows is essential for different hydrological applications, especially in periods of water scarcity. The S-Q process can be characterized based on recession...
Anthropogenic pressures increasingly threaten ecological connectivity and basin-scale ecological sustainability in peri-urban landscapes. This study proposes a Hybrid Ecological Typology framework for the Büyükçekmece Lake Basin (Ist...
The Rimac River Basin supplies drinking water to more than ten million people in Lima, Peru, yet its hydrological regulation capacity is increasingly constrained by land degradation, with over 35% of the basin lacking vegetation cover. Nature-based s...
Reliable simulation of hurricane-induced flooding is challenging because rainfall–runoff generation, river flow, and floodplain inundation interact across large basins. This study evaluated the cross-event transferability of a fully distributed...
Central Asia faces increasing pressure on transboundary water, energy and food systems, particularly in the Aral Sea Basin, where hydropower, agriculture and downstream water availability are closely linked. This study applies a spatially disaggregat...
Soil organic carbon (SOC) restoration in degraded drylands is increasingly promoted for climate mitigation and hydrological co-benefits, yet the scale at which these benefits remain detectable remains uncertain. We therefore evaluate SOC recovery and...
The Beni Snassen belt (northeastern Morocco) hosts several Mississippi Valley-type Pb-Zn ± Cu occurrences localized along the Variscan basement/Lower Liassic carbonate interface within the Atlasic foreland system. This study integrates geologi...
Phosphorus enrichment remains a major driver of eutrophication in lake-feeding rivers, yet effective regulation is hindered by insufficient understanding of the spatiotemporal variability and dominant sources of total phosphorus (TP) at the basin sca...
This paper examines the feasibility of a basin‐scale scheme for characterising and quantifying river reaches in terms of their geomorphological stability status and potential for morphological adjustment based on auditing stream energy. A Rive...
Rainfall–runoff processes and flood propagation were quantified to clarify floodwater dynamics in the upper Tenryu River basin. The basin is characterized by contrasting runoff behaviors between its left- and right-bank subbasins and large upst...
In recent years, human activities have impacted surface water and groundwater and their interactions with natural water bodies. Lake Cuitzeo is one of Mexico’s most important water bodies but has significantly reduced its flooded area in recent...
Hydrologic models are instrumental in understanding the behavior of the Nile River Basin (NRB), yet their effectiveness is often limited by the basin’s complex hydrology and sparse observational records. This study applies a basin-scale hydrolo...
The ‘Dynamic System Approach for Geofluids and their Resources’ was developed to harmonize research and the sustainable exploration of geofluids (e.g., groundwater, geothermal and hydrothermal fluids) and the related geo-resources (ground...
This study evaluated the water supply and regulation of the San Pedro River basin, located in the municipality of Puerto Libertador (Córdoba, Colombia), under climate change scenarios, using the SWAT (Soil and Water Assessment Tool) hydrologic...
Flooding is projected to increase with climate change in many parts of the world. Floods in cold regions are commonly a result of snowmelt during the spring break-up. The peak river flow (Qpeak) for the Mackenzie River, located in northwest Canada, i...
Groundwater is an important resource for domestic, agricultural, and ecological use in the Surat Thani basin, southern Thailand, where increasing demand from agriculture, urbanization, and tourism is placing pressure on aquifer systems. This study in...
Mechanical energy in lakes is present in various types of water motion, including turbulent flows, surface and internal waves. The major source of kinetic energy is wind forcing at the water surface. Although a small portion of the vertical wind ener...
The traditional Muskingum model has difficulty representing complex hydraulic behaviors under high-flow conditions because it relies on simplified assumptions and fixed parameters. To address the pronounced nonlinearity and non-stationarity of flood...
Identifying the dominant mechanisms of water and soil salinization in arid and semi-arid endorheic basins is fundamental for our understanding of basin-scale water–salt balance and supports water resources management. In many inland basins, min...
Quaternary continental deposits record spatio-temporal changes of the landscape and offer insights for drainage network analysis and paleoenvironmental reconstructions. This paper focuses on the Turano River, a left tributary of the Velino River, whi...
We analyse pebble RFID tracing observations to investigate sediment transport dynamics in gravel-bed rivers using statistical modelling. This study examines a dataset of nearly 3500 tracer displacement measurements collected during 27 sediment-mobili...
The middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River Basin occupy a strategically pivotal position in regional development; yet extreme drought-runoff events pose severe threats to water supply and ecological security. Despite this, systematic research...
Thoroughly investigating the evolution of groundwater circulation and its controlling mechanism in the Aksu River Basin, where human activities are intensifying and the groundwater environment is increasingly deteriorating, is highly urgent and impor...
Floodplain wetlands are critical for sustaining various ecological and hydrological functions in a riverine environment. Severe anthropogenic alterations and human occupation of floodplains have threatened these wetlands in several parts of the world...
The landforms and human activities play important roles in quantifying surface water and groundwater interactions (SGIs) for water resources management. The study uses the groundwater and surface water flow (GSFLOW) model to quantify the dynamics of...
22 November 2022
Mine water injection into deep formations is one of the effective approaches for reducing the drainage from coal mines in the arid and semi-arid region of the Ordos basin, China. Many coal mines are attempting to execute the related projects. Under t...
The southeastern Yunnan region in the southwestern Nanpanjiang Basin is one of the most important manganese enrichment zones in China. Manganese mineralization is mainly confined to marine mud–sand–carbonate interbeds of the Middle Triass...
Assessing nitrate sensitivity to hydroclimatic variability is important for evaluating water-quality vulnerability under hydroclimatic variations in coupled surface-water and groundwater systems. This study applies a hybrid, scenario-based projection...
Climate change has intensified extreme hydrological events in cold regions, threatening the stability of river ecosystems. The traditional monthly frequency method for calculating ecological flow assumes equal guarantee rates across all months, overl...
Several experimental and numerical studies have been conducted on the towing behavior of floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs); however, these studies mainly focus on tension-leg platform (TLP) and semi-submersible designs with cylindrical features...
Water scarcity, climate change, population growth, and rising water demand highlight the urgency of adopting effective water conservation measures. The transition from traditional irrigation systems, such as flood irrigation, to modern ones, like dri...
As variable renewable generation grows, intermittent dispatch of run-of-river hydropower plants may transfer required environmental-flow releases from turbines to spillways, creating conditions that favor total dissolved gas (TDG) supersaturation and...
Most weather and climate models simulate circulations by numerically approximating a complex system of partial differential equations that describe fluid flow. These models also typically use one of a few standard methods to parameterize the effects...
Because methane is a potent greenhouse gas (GHG), understanding controls on methane emissions from reservoirs is an important goal. Yet, reservoirs are complex ecosystems, and mechanisms by which reservoir operations influence methane emissions are p...
Model selection for water quality forecasting depends on many factors including analyst expertise and cost, stakeholder involvement and expected performance. Water quality forecasting in arid river basins is especially challenging given the importanc...
Sustainable water management requires integrated approaches balancing competing demands and environmental sustainability. This study introduces the Sustainable Water Optimization Tool (SUWO), an open-source, Python-based simulation-optimization frame...
Accurately quantifying vertical sediment transport rates in large seaward rivers is vital for estimating basin-scale water and sediment fluxes and assessing riverbed evolution. Traditional multi-point velocity and suspended sediment concentration (SS...
Climate change is increasingly affecting groundwater resources in the Carpathian Basin, while rising temperatures are likely to increase irrigation demand and pressure on aquifers. We assessed climate- and pumping-driven impacts on the Nyírs&e...
11 July 2018
Insecticides, such as pyrethroids, have frequently been detected in runoff from urban areas, and their offsite transport can cause aquatic toxicity in urban streams and estuaries. To better understand the wash-off process of pesticide residues in urb...
Understanding how liquid hydrocarbons flow through nanoporous shale matrices is essential for predicting shale oil productivity and evaluating unconventional resources. Despite substantial advances in geological and geochemical characterization, the...
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