CHANGES IN LAND COVER AND THE RETENTION CAPACITY OF THE WATERCOURSE BOGDANKA CATCHMENT
This work presents the impact of land cover on water relations in the catchment of the Bogdanka watercourse which is 51.9 km<sup>2</sup>. The research and analysis of available cartographic materials have shown a significant increase in the anthropogenically transformed areas due to urba...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Polish |
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Polish Society of Ecological Engineering (PTIE)
2016-02-01
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| Series: | Inżynieria Ekologiczna |
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| Online Access: | http://www.journalssystem.com/ie/ZMIANY-W-POKRYCIU-TERENU-A-ZDOLNOSCI-RETENCYJNE-ZLEWNI-CIEKU-BOGDANKA,61452,0,2.html |
| Summary: | This work presents the impact of land cover on water relations in the catchment of the Bogdanka watercourse which is 51.9 km<sup>2</sup>. The research and analysis of available cartographic materials have shown a significant increase in the anthropogenically transformed areas due to urbanization from almost 8% in 1940 to over 42% in 2012. Urbanized areas (buildings and communication routes) have contributed to sealing the area and thus reduced retention capacity by 0.25 million m<sup>3</sup>. Therefore, the effective rainfall P<sub>10%</sub> and P<sub>1%</sub> have increased respectively by 0.4 mm and 0.8 mm. As a result the maximum flow of exceedance probability of 10% and 1% have reached over 20% in the Bogdanka watercourse. |
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| ISSN: | 2081-139X 2392-0629 |