Hydric Potential of the River Basin: Prądnik, Polish Highlands

Acta Geophysica

Lepeška, T.¹  Wojkowski, J.²  Walega, A.³  Radecki-Pawlik, A.⁴ 

[1] Department of Applied Ecology, Faculty of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Technical University in Zvolen, Zvolen, Slovakia;Department of Ecology, Climatology and Air Protection, University of Agriculture in Krakow, Cracow, Poland;Department of Sanitary Engineering and Water Management, University of Agriculture in Krakow, Cracow, Poland;Institute of Structural Mechanics, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Cracow University of Technology, Cracow, Poland

关键词: river basin management;    ecohydrology;    water resources;    drought;    flood;    Poland;   

学科分类：地球科学(综合)

来源: Polska Akademia Nauk * Instytut Geofizyki

【 摘 要 】

Human society deals with floods, drought and water pollution. Facing those problems, the question how to prevent or at least to minimalize the adverse effects of water-related issues is asked of the landscape managers. In this way, any help given to landscape managers seems to be an additional useful tool. Within this paper, an approach leading to mitigation of water-related problems is presented that relates the retention of precipitation and the use of ecosystems as a tool for improving the quality, quantity of water resources and availability throughout the region. One approach is the determination of the landscape’s hydric potential (LHP). This study examines one example of using this method within the conditions of Poland. The results of the research show that national data are entirely appropriate for implementation of the LHP method. Further, this approach revealed the classes of the hydric potential of the Prądnik river basin which was selected as the experimental territory. LHP results reflect the ecosystem attributes of the model river basin; areas of average LHP cover 63.26%, areas of high and limited hydric potential cover approximately 18.3% each. The spatial distribution of LHP means the results of this study provide a baseline for management of the river basin.

【 授权许可】

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