Analysis of groundwater regime on the basis of stream flow hydrograph

Abstract

During the drought the flow in streams is reduced and is dominated by base flow. Baseflows are characteristic of low flow periods and provide information on available water resources in the basin during the drought, particularly on the aquifer and retention basin characteristics. This paper deals with the possibility of analysis and simulation of baseflow, and the determination of the pattern of its changes based on the total registered streamflow hydrograph at the catchment outlet. The basis for modeling the base flow changes in the time were base flow values obtained from the streamflow hydrograph by application of the graphical local minimum method. Applying the simulation model developed in this study, simulations of base flow hydrographs were performed for three characteristic years (1970, 1985, and 1990). It was shown that discrepancies between values of the base flows obtained through application of the local minimum method and the model are within the limits of tolerance. [Projekat Ministarstva nauke Republike Srbije, br. 37003]

Keywords

• base flow
• modelling
• the local minimum method
• the curve of concentration
• recession curve