Soil & Water Res., 2017, 12(3):137-143 | DOI: 10.17221/97/2016-SWR

Comparison of water regimes of two dump catchments in the Krušné hory Mts. (Czech Republic) in dry years using a hydrological balanceOriginal Paper

Jan GREGAR*, Pavel KOVÁŘ, Hana BAČINOVÁ, Tereza BAŽATOVÁ
Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

The dump catchments water regime optimization is one of fundamental recultivation operations in areas devastated after surface coal mining. Two dump catchments (at Radovesice and Loket in the Krušné hory Mts., Czech Republic) were selected to study whether their hydrological balance allows to keep life in them on a sufficiently natural level. The WBCM-6 water balance model was implemented. Different hydrological conditions of the mentioned dump catchments located ca. 90 km apart were compared. The Radovesice catchment lies in a precipitation shadow and suffers from a much greater precipitation deficiency than the Loket one. Its long-term annual precipitation deficit makes about 100 mm. Based on the analysis of the dry year 2003 growing season, biotechnical hydrological measures, in particular cascades of small reservoirs, were proposed.

Keywords: biotechnical measures; landscape improvement; mining dump; water balance model

Published: September 30, 2017  Show citation

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GREGAR J, KOVÁŘ P, BAČINOVÁ H, BAŽATOVÁ T. Comparison of water regimes of two dump catchments in the Krušné hory Mts. (Czech Republic) in dry years using a hydrological balance. Soil & Water Res. 2017;12(3):137-143. doi: 10.17221/97/2016-SWR.
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