Gridded runoff product at the sub-basin level is pivotal for effective hydrologic modeling and applications. Although reanalyses can overcome the lack of traditional stream gauge networks to provide reliable geospatial runoff data, the inherent uncer...
The issue of whether land use changes will balance out sediment yields induced by climate predictions was assessed for a Carpathian basin (Raba River, Poland). This discussion was based on the Macromodel DNS (Discharge–Nutrient–Sea)/SWAT...
The Twain-Hu basin (THB), covering the lower plain of Hubei and Hunan provinces in Central China, has experienced severe air pollution in recent years. However, the terrain effects of such sub-basin on air quality over the THB have been incomprehensi...
The Upper Paleocene Cerrejón Formation is a great source of coal in Colombia. The northeastern part of the Ranchería Sub-Basin sees the most intense mining activity. As a consequence, all geological studies have been concentrated on thi...
River Basin Management Plans (RBMPs) developed under the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) assume stable monitoring, institutional continuity, and predictable implementation capacity—conditions that are undermined by war-driven uncertainty. Th...
The Gönen Sub-Basin in Türkiye’s Marmara Region is characterized by intensive agricultural water use and increasing drought pressure. A basin-scale water allocation model developed using the Water Evaluation and Planning (WEAP) system...
The relationship between the tectonic event of the Linqing Sub-basin and the destruction of the North China Craton (NCC) is an important factor to consider when studying geodynamic mechanisms in eastern China. In the current study, we present a low-t...
Land use and land cover change (LULCC) is a critical factor for enhancing the soil erosion risk and land degradation process in the Wabi Shebelle Basin. Up-to-date spatial and statistical data on basin-wide erosion rates can provide an important basi...
The Abu Darag sub-basin in Egypt is a significant hydrocarbon province. This study provides the first thorough evaluation of the petroleum system in the Northern Gulf of Suez, specifically targeting regions with tectonically influenced paleo highs. T...
The Tigris River Batman-Hasankeyf region sub-basin drainage area is in the Upper Tigris basin and lies between the area where the Batman stream joins the river and the Yanarsu stream flows into the river. Intensive agricultural activities are carried...
Climate change, with its reaching implications, has become a popular topic in recent years. Among the many aspects of climate change, one of the most pressing concerns has been identified as the impact on the terrestrial water cycle, which has a dire...
Sustainable land management (SLM) is a leading policy issue in Ethiopia. However, the adoption and continuous use of SLM technologies remain low. This study investigates the interrelationship of adopted SLM technologies and key factors of farmers’ de...
Land use and land cover (LULC) change have intense implications on soil resources, that requires research attention and global collaboration to take urgent actions. The present study attempted to analyze the impact of LULC change on soil erosion and...
A municipality is a basic local government unit (LGU) in Poland. It is responsible for the safety of its citizens, especially in circumstances of flood hazard. A municipality is a unique social-ecological system (SES), distinguished by its ability to...
The Yangtze River Basin (YRB) exhibits great climate heterogeneity, from high-elevated source areas dominated by westerlies to downstream wetlands sensitive to monsoon flows. However, the atmospheric hydrological cycle and associated precipitation ch...
The headwaters of the Yangtze River are located on the Qinghai Tibetan Plateau, which is affected by climate change. Here, treamflow trends for Tuotuohe and Zhimenda sub-basins and relations to temperature and precipitation trends during 1961–2...
This work re-examines the salt unit through the Kribi-Campo sub-basin on the southeast part of the Cameroon Atlantic Margin. The results obtained from borehole data analysis show the occurrence of an evaporitic unit, localized in the Kribi area. The...
Analysis of natural fractures is essential for understanding the heterogeneity of basement reservoirs with carbonate rocks since natural fractures significantly control key attributes such as porosity and permeability. Based on the observations and a...
The Kribi-Campo sub-basin, located in the Gulf of Guinea, constitutes the southeastern segment of the Cameroon Atlantic Margin. Drilling in the Aptian salt unit revealed a sparse hydrocarbon presence, contrasting with modest finds in its counterparts...
3 February 2019
Water, in most of the transboundary river basins, is a bone of contention among their riparian states. Taking this into account, this article assessed the monthly impact of upstream water withdrawal on the water security of middle stream and downstre...
In the last decades, policy reforms, new instruments development, and economic resources investment have taken place in water sanitation in Mexico; however, the intended goals have not been accomplished. The percentage of treated wastewater as intend...
The cocoa production in Ghana, largely reliant on rainfall and undertaken by smallholder farmers, is increasingly endangered by climate change-induced water scarcity. Although supplemental irrigation has been posited as an adaptive measure, its hydro...
Unsustainable groundwater extraction for domestic and agricultural purposes, particularly crop irrigation, is leading to dramatic reductions in the quantity and quality of groundwater in many developing countries, including Ethiopia. Assessing and pr...
5 June 2024
The accelerated loss of glacial cover in the Cordillera Blanca in Áncash, Peru, exposes the underlying rocks with high concentrations of sulfides from the Chicama Formation to oxidation and leaching processes, generating acid rock drainage (AR...
Drought is considered a natural hazard and has become a recurrent phenomenon in Algeria since the 1970s. Algeria is characterized by three different climates, namely, sub-humid, semi-arid and arid climates. In this study, we aimed to spatiotemporally...
The sedimentary clays of the Douala sub-basin (Cameroon) were studied to determine their mineralogical composition and physicochemical properties to boost their potential suitability as materials for traditional ceramics and eventually modern ceramic...
Mitigating soil erosion‘s effects have been prioritized since the early 20th century. Rainfall simulators and analytical prediction models are used to determine soil erosion susceptibility. This study used different methodologies to measure soi...
Flooding, one of the most destructive and recurrent natural catastrophes, causes severe loss of life and property. The destructive effect of floods has increased with climate change and unplanned urbanization. To prevent this devastation and find sol...
With climate change prevailing around the world, understanding the changes in long-term annual and seasonal rainfall at local scales is very important in planning for required adaptation measures. This is especially true for areas such as the Awash R...
Mexico is a diverse country in terms of culture and natural environments. For this reason, the delimitation of homogeneous basins with similar environmental, social, and economic attributes is important in order to facilitate the elaboration of high-...
Previous studies have shown that the acceleration of global warming will increase the intensity of rainfall induced by tropical cyclones (TCs) (hereinafter referred to as “TC-induced rainfall”). TC-induced rainfall is affected by TC posit...
In regions under development and facing recurrent droughts, increasing the area of irrigated agriculture may create additional disruption in water resources management. The present study was focused on three river sub-basins with the highest agricult...
Extreme precipitation in the Middle Reaches of the Yellow River Basin (MRYRB) has increased significantly and unevenly, heightening the urgency for rapid and accurate monitoring of such extremes. Satellite precipitation data have proved effective in...
In recent years, under the influence of climate change and human activities, droughts and floods have occurred frequently in the Yangtze River Basin (YRB), seriously threatening socioeconomic development and ecological security. The topography and cl...
Seafloor spreading is an important cornerstone of the theory of plate tectonics. Asymmetric seafloor spreading and oceanic ridge jumps are common phenomena in this process and play important roles in controlling oceanic crust accretion, regional tect...
Hydrological simulation in uncalibrated sub-basins faces common challenges including limited forcing data quality, low reliability of parameter spatial transfer, and poor long-term simulation stability. Taking the Poyang Lake Basin (approximately 162...
Streams in the Kenai River watershed are characterized by a fish-rich environment. The commercial fishing industry and recreational users compete for the fish in these streams, and resource managers strive to balance both groups’ needs while ma...
Pronounced spatio-temporal variability of rainfall in semi-arid basins remains a central challenge for rainfall–infiltration–runoff modeling, particularly in ungauged or newly instrumented catchments where continuous soil-moisture data ar...
Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) in the City of New York, United States, are particularly vulnerable to frequent extreme weather events, including storm surges, high-intensity rainfall, and sea level rise, and are also affected by the cascade of t...
The modeling of pan evaporation (Ep) trends in Slovak river sub-basins was conducted using advanced artificial intelligence (AI) techniques algorithms to accurately calculate evaporation rates based on daily climate data from 2010 to 2023 across eigh...
Satellite-based rainfall products (SRPs) are indispensable for hydro-climatological research, particularly in data-limited environments such as Ethiopia. This study systematically evaluates the performance of three widely used SRPs: Climate Hazards G...
Landscape pattern is closely associated with pollution in rapidly urbanizing watersheds, but most studies still focus on single pollutants or single environmental media. This study developed a watershed-based framework to compare coupled water and ai...
In the present study, dam site suitability mapping was carried out for the Purna sub-basin of the upper Tapi basin. Constructing dams in strategically chosen locations is a crucial water management approach to alleviate flood risks and water scarcity...
Soil loss is one of the most important causes of land degradation. It is an inevitable environmental and socio-economic problem that exists in many physiographic regions of the world, which, besides other impacts, has a direct bearing on agricultural...
The Harran Basin is an important region where agricultural activities have been conducted for millennia. The agricultural water needs of the basin are largely met with surface irrigation through the GAP (South-Eastern Anatolian Project), while ground...
Water shortages across the globe have increased due to climate change among other factors with negative impacts expected at the river basin level. Anticipating these impacts will help experts act in a timely manner to avoid a future water crisis. As...
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...
In Chile, as in many other areas of the world, water supplies have been poorly managed and water availability is decreasing. In order to manage water resources more sustainably and equitably, it is necessary to understand and predict their supply and...
As the third largest fresh water lake in China, Taihu Lake is suffering from serious eutrophication, where nutrient loading from tributary and surrounding river networks is one of the main contributors. In this study, water age is used to investigate...
The accuracy of soil databases is essential in hydrological modeling, yet limited studies have evaluated the implications of using emerging soil datasets like POLARIS compared to traditional ones such as SSURGO. This study evaluates the performance o...
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