Analysis of low-flow characteristics for catchments in Dongjiang Basin, China | Analyse des caractéristiques d’étiage de sous-bassins hydrographiques du bassin de Dongjiang, Chine Análisis de las características de caudales mínimos en la cuenca de Dongjiang, China Análise de características do caudal de estiagem para bacias de drenagem na Bacia de Dongjiang, China 中国东江盆地诸流域枯水径流属性分析
2009
Zhang, Lu | Chen, YongqinDavid | Hickel, Klaus | Shao, Quanxi
Low-flow indices have been determined from long-term daily streamflow data for 13 catchments in Dongjiang Basin in southern China. The Brutsaert-Nieber method was applied to estimate catchment-scale effective groundwater parameters; representative values were 4.5 × 10⁻⁴ m² s⁻¹ for the hydraulic diffusivity; 3.19 × 10⁻⁵ m² s⁻¹/² for the hydraulic desorptivity; 2.27 × 10⁻⁴ m s⁻¹ for the hydraulic conductivity; and 0.2617 for the drainable porosity. The response constants correlate well with the total stream length and catchment area. Solutions of the linearised Boussinesq equation were used to guide the development of regional multivariate regression models for estimating low-flow indices from the catchment-scale effective parameters. Results showed that these catchments exhibit similar low-flow characteristics. The 7-day lowest average streamflows with return periods of 10 and 2 years (7Q10 and 7Q2) are highly correlated with the catchment-scale response constants. The low-flow ratio Q95/Q50 (ratio of daily streamflow exceeded 95 and 50% of the time, respectively) varied between 0.3 and 0.5, indicating a high proportion of groundwater in the streamflow. The advantage of the regional regression model is its conceptual basis and use of the catchment-scale effective parameters. The method has the potential to be applied to ungauged catchments for estimating low-flow statistics from stream length and catchment area.
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