Soil & Water Res., 2012, 7(2):64-72 | DOI: 10.17221/40/2011-SWR

Long-term changes in runoff from a small agricultural catchmentOriginal Paper

Kazimierz BANASIK, Leszek HEJDUK
Department of River Engineering, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Warsaw University of Life Sciences - SGGW, Warsaw, Poland

River runoff is an important indicator of environmental changes, which usually include climate and/or land use changes, and is also the basis of catchment water management. This study presents results of monitoring and analysis of 48-year precipitation and runoff from a small agricultural catchment located in central Poland. No land use changes in that period have been reported. Mean monthly distributions of precipitation and runoff for the long-term period showed that July was the wettest month in respect of precipitation and a drier one in respect of runoff, averaging 12.9% and 5.2% of their annual values, respectively. To evaluate the trend of three annual hydrometeorological parameters, i.e. precipitation, runoff and runoff coefficient, the Mann-Kendall test was applied. It indicated no trend in respect of precipitation, and decreasing trends of runoff and runoff coefficient at a 95% level of significance. Linear approximation of the annual runoff values indicated a decrease in runoff of ca. 1.2 mm per year for the analysed period. A few other functions were also used for better approximation of runoff data.

Keywords: climate change; Poland; runoff variability; small watershed; trend analysis

Published: June 30, 2012  Show citation

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BANASIK K, HEJDUK L. Long-term changes in runoff from a small agricultural catchment. Soil & Water Res. 2012;7(2):64-72. doi: 10.17221/40/2011-SWR.
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