Hydrological responses of a watershed to historical land use evolution and future land use scenarios under climate change conditions

Watershed runoff is closely related to land use but this influence is difficult to quantify. This study focused on the Chaudière River watershed (Québec, Canada) and had two objectives: (i) to quantify the influence of historical agricultural land use evolution on watershed runoff; and (ii) to asses...

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Main Authors: R. Quilbé, A. N. Rousseau, J.-S. Moquet, S. Savary, S. Ricard, M. S. Garbouj
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2008-01-01
Series:Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/12/101/2008/hess-12-101-2008.pdf