Comparative Mountain Hydrology: A Case Study of Wis?ok River in Poland and Chaohe River in China

Leszek SOBKOWIAK; LIU Changming

doi:10.1007/s11769-014-0673-6

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Leszek SOBKOWIAK, LIU Changming. Comparative Mountain Hydrology: A Case Study of Wis?ok River in Poland and Chaohe River in China[J]. Chinese Geographical Science, 2015, 25(1): 1-12. doi: 10.1007/s11769-014-0673-6

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Leszek SOBKOWIAK, LIU Changming. Comparative Mountain Hydrology: A Case Study of Wis?ok River in Poland and Chaohe River in China[J]. Chinese Geographical Science, 2015, 25(1): 1-12. doi: 10.1007/s11769-014-0673-6

Comparative Mountain Hydrology: A Case Study of Wis?ok River in Poland and Chaohe River in China

doi: 10.1007/s11769-014-0673-6

Leszek SOBKOWIAK¹,
LIU Changming^2
,

1.
Department of Hydrology and Water Management, Institute of Physical Geography and Environmental Planning, Adam Mickiewicz University, 61-680 Poznań, Poland;
2.
Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China

Funds: Under the auspices of Fellowship for Young International Scientists of Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. 2010Y12A10)

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Corresponding author: LIU Changming. E-mail: liucm@igsnrr.ac.cn
Received Date: 2013-02-05
Rev Recd Date: 2013-04-22
Publish Date: 2014-11-27

Abstract

Hydrological processes in river basins of similar size and morphology may differ significantly due to different climatic conditions. This paper presents a comparative analysis of hydrological characteristics of two river basins located in different climatic zones: the Wis?ok River Basin in the south-eastern Poland and the Chaohe River Basin in the northern China. The criteria of their choice were similarities in the basin area, main river length and topography. The results show that climate plays a key role in shaping fluvial conditions within the two basins. It is concluded that: 1) precipitation in the Wis?ok River Basin is more evenly distributed in the yearly cycle, while in the Chaohe River Basin it is highly concentrated in the few summer months; 2) spring snowmelt significantly contributes to runoff in the Wis?ok River Basin, while its role in the Chaohe River Basin is negligible; 3) in the Wis?ok River Basin, besides the peak flow in spring, there is also a period of high water in summer resulting from precipitation, while in the Chaohe River Basin there is only one high water period in summer; 4) the Wis?ok River Basin shows relatively higher stability in terms of the magnitude of intra- and inter-seasonal discharges; 5) during the multi-year observation period, a decrease in both precipitation and runoff was recorded in the two river basins.
- comparative hydrology,
- mountain area,
- Wis?,
- ok River Basin,
- Chaohe River Basin,
- seasonal changes,
- inter-annual changes

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[11]	Jensen O P, Benson B J, Magnuson J J et al., 2007. Spatial analysis of ice phenology trends across the Laurentian Great Lakes region during a recent warming period. Limnology and Oceanography, 52(5): 2013-2026. doi: 10.4319/lo.2007.52.5.2013
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[20]	Musiake K, 2003. Hydrology and water resources in monsoon Asia: A consideration of the necessity of establishing a standing research community of hydrology and water resources in the Asia Pacific region. Hydrological Processes, 17(14): 2701-2709, doi: 10.1002/hyp.1428
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[28]	Roux E, da Silva J S, Getirana A C V et al., 2010. Producing time series of river water height by means of satellite radar altimetry—a comparative study. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 55(1): 104-120. doi: 10.1080/02626660903529023
[29]	Skowron R, 1997. Temporal-spatial Differentiation of Temperature of Surface Waters of Lakes of Northern Poland. UMK: Toruń. (in Polish)
[30]	Sobkowiak L, 2009. Floods on the Yangtze River in the Sichuan Basin and Three Gorges Area. Vol. 39. Poznań: PTPN Publishing House, 132. (in Polish)
[31]	Sun G, McNulty S G, Amatya D M et al., 2002. A comparison of the watershed hydrology of coastal forested wetlands and the mountainous uplands in the southern US. Journal of Hydrology, 263(1-4): 92-104. doi: 10.1016/S0022-1694(02)00064-1
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[33]	Woo M K, Liu C M, 1994. Mountain hydrology of Canada and China: A case study in comparative hydrology. Hydrological Processes, 8(6): 573-587. doi: 10.1002/hyp.3360080608
[34]	Wrzesiński D, 1999. Seasonal Structure of Runoff in the Warta River Basin and Its Environmental Conditions. Vol. 25. PTPN Poznań: Publishing House. (in Polish)
[35]	Zhou H Z, Chi Y B, Wang Z Y et al., 2008. A study on surface water resources in Chaobaihe Basin of Beijing based on Beijing-1 microsatellite data. The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences XXXVII, part B.
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Comparative Mountain Hydrology: A Case Study of Wis?ok River in Poland and Chaohe River in China

1. Department of Hydrology and Water Management, Institute of Physical Geography and Environmental Planning, Adam Mickiewicz University, 61-680 Poznań, Poland;

2. Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China

Funds: Under the auspices of Fellowship for Young International Scientists of Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. 2010Y12A10)

Corresponding author: LIU Changming. E-mail: liucm@igsnrr.ac.cn

Received Date: 2013-02-05

Rev Recd Date: 2013-04-22

Publish Date: 2014-11-27

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Abstract: Hydrological processes in river basins of similar size and morphology may differ significantly due to different climatic conditions. This paper presents a comparative analysis of hydrological characteristics of two river basins located in different climatic zones: the Wis?ok River Basin in the south-eastern Poland and the Chaohe River Basin in the northern China. The criteria of their choice were similarities in the basin area, main river length and topography. The results show that climate plays a key role in shaping fluvial conditions within the two basins. It is concluded that: 1) precipitation in the Wis?ok River Basin is more evenly distributed in the yearly cycle, while in the Chaohe River Basin it is highly concentrated in the few summer months; 2) spring snowmelt significantly contributes to runoff in the Wis?ok River Basin, while its role in the Chaohe River Basin is negligible; 3) in the Wis?ok River Basin, besides the peak flow in spring, there is also a period of high water in summer resulting from precipitation, while in the Chaohe River Basin there is only one high water period in summer; 4) the Wis?ok River Basin shows relatively higher stability in terms of the magnitude of intra- and inter-seasonal discharges; 5) during the multi-year observation period, a decrease in both precipitation and runoff was recorded in the two river basins.

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[1]	Allan J D, Brenner A J, Erazo J et al., 2002. Land use in watersheds of the Venezuelan Andes: A comparative analysis. Conservation Biology, 16(2): 527-538. doi: 10.1046/j.1523-1739. 2002.02301.x
[2]	Araújo J A, Piedra J I G, 2009. Comparative hydrology: Analysis of a semiarid and a humid tropical watershed. Hydrological Processes, 23(8): 1169-1178. doi: 10.1002/hyp.7232
[3]	Brze?niak E, 2003. Anomalous precipitation in Wis?ok River Basin in the half-century 1951-2000. Problems of Development of Mountain Areas, 49: 19-35.
[4]	Choiński A, Kolendowicz L, Pociask-Karteczka J et al., 2010. Changes in lake ice cover on the Morskie Oko Lake in Poland (1971-2007). Advances in Climate Change Research, 1(2): 71-75. doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1248.2010.00071
[5]	Czarnecka H, 2005. Atlas of the Hydrographic Division of Poland. Warsaw: IMGW Publishing House, 117. (in Polish)
[6]	Deans J D, Munro R C, 2004. Comparative water use by dryland trees in Parklands in Senegal. Agroforestry Systems, 60(1): 27-38. doi: 10.1023/B:AGFO.0000009402.06475.81
[7]	Dynowska I, 1971. Types of River Regimes in Poland. Kraków: PWN, 152. (in Polish)
[8]	IHP (International Hydrological Programme), 1981. Third Session of the Intergovernmental Council. Paris, Fourth Session, 28-29 August 1981.
[9]	IHP (International Hydrological Programme), 1985. IHP-III Project 4.9. Textbook on Comparative Hydrology Relating to the Various Hydrological Regimes of the World: Consolidation and Development of Information. Paris, 17-20 June 1985.
[10]	Jebamalar A, Ravikumar G, 2011. A comparative analysis of hydrologic responses to rainwater harvesting—A case study. Indian Journal of Science and Technology, 4(1): 34-39.
[11]	Jensen O P, Benson B J, Magnuson J J et al., 2007. Spatial analysis of ice phenology trends across the Laurentian Great Lakes region during a recent warming period. Limnology and Oceanography, 52(5): 2013-2026. doi: 10.4319/lo.2007.52.5.2013
[12]	Kondoh A, Harto A B, Runtunuwu E et al., 2004. Hydrological regions in monsoon Asia. Hydrological Processes, 18(16): 3147-3158. doi: 10.1002/hyp.5754
[13]	Kondracki J, 2002. Regional Geography of Poland. Warsaw: PWN, 440. (in Polish)
[14]	Kovács G, 1984. Proposal to construct a coordinating matrix for comparative hydrology. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 29(4): 435-443. doi: 10.1080/02626668409490961
[15]	Kovács G, 1989. Techniques for inter-regional comparison. In: Falkenmark M et al. (eds). Comparative Hydrology. An Ecological Approach to Land and Water Resources. Paris: UNESCO, 140-143.
[16]	Liu Changming, 1987. A research of comparative hydrology. Acta Geographica Sinica, 42(2): 182-188. (in Chinese)
[17]	Magnuson J J, Robertson D M, Benson B J et al., 2000. Historical trends in lake and river ice cover in the northern Hemisphere. Science, 289(5485): 1743-1746. doi: 10.1126/science.289. 5485.1743
[18]	Marks L, Ber A, Gogo?ek W et al., 2006. Geological Map of Poland 1∶500 000. Warsaw: Polish Geological Institute.
[19]	Marszelewski W, Skowron R, 2006. Ice cover as an indicator of winter air temperature changes: Case study of the Polish Lowland lakes. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 51(2): 336-349. doi: 10.1623/hysj.51.2.336
[20]	Musiake K, 2003. Hydrology and water resources in monsoon Asia: A consideration of the necessity of establishing a standing research community of hydrology and water resources in the Asia Pacific region. Hydrological Processes, 17(14): 2701-2709, doi: 10.1002/hyp.1428
[21]	Ozga-Zielińska M, Brzeziński J, Ozga-Zieliński B, 1999. The Rules for Calculating the Largest Annual Discharges of A Defined Probability of Recurrence in Designing Hydro-engineering Objects. Long Sets of Discharge Data. Warsaw: Institute of Meteorology and Water Management. (in Polish)
[22]	Pardé M, 1957. Rivers. Warsaw: PWN, 236. (in Polish)
[23]	Peel M C, Finlayson B L, McMahon T A, 2007. Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 11(5): 1633-1644. doi: 10.5194/ hess-11-1633-2007, 2007
[24]	Peel M C, McMahon T A, Brian L F et al., 2001. Identification and explanation of continental differences in the variability of annual runoff. Journal of Hydrology, 250(1-4): 224-240. doi: 10.1016/S0022-1694(01)00438-3
[25]	Rotnicka J, 1976. The separation of hydrological periods and description of river regimes by comparison of probability distribution of water stages by pentads. Quaestiones Geographicae, 3: 79-102.
[26]	Rotnicka J, 1977. The Theoretical Bases of Separation of Hydrological Periods and Analysis of River Regime—An Example of River Prosna. Vol. 18. Warsaw-Poznań: PTPN Publishing House, 94. (in Polish)
[27]	Rotnicka J, 1988. Taxonomic Bases of Classification of River Regime. Poznań: UAM Publishing House, 130. (in Polish)
[28]	Roux E, da Silva J S, Getirana A C V et al., 2010. Producing time series of river water height by means of satellite radar altimetry—a comparative study. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 55(1): 104-120. doi: 10.1080/02626660903529023
[29]	Skowron R, 1997. Temporal-spatial Differentiation of Temperature of Surface Waters of Lakes of Northern Poland. UMK: Toruń. (in Polish)
[30]	Sobkowiak L, 2009. Floods on the Yangtze River in the Sichuan Basin and Three Gorges Area. Vol. 39. Poznań: PTPN Publishing House, 132. (in Polish)
[31]	Sun G, McNulty S G, Amatya D M et al., 2002. A comparison of the watershed hydrology of coastal forested wetlands and the mountainous uplands in the southern US. Journal of Hydrology, 263(1-4): 92-104. doi: 10.1016/S0022-1694(02)00064-1
[32]	Wang Jingai, Zuo Wei, 2009. Geographic Atlas of China. Beijing: China Cartographic Publishing House, 368. (in Chinese)
[33]	Woo M K, Liu C M, 1994. Mountain hydrology of Canada and China: A case study in comparative hydrology. Hydrological Processes, 8(6): 573-587. doi: 10.1002/hyp.3360080608
[34]	Wrzesiński D, 1999. Seasonal Structure of Runoff in the Warta River Basin and Its Environmental Conditions. Vol. 25. PTPN Poznań: Publishing House. (in Polish)
[35]	Zhou H Z, Chi Y B, Wang Z Y et al., 2008. A study on surface water resources in Chaobaihe Basin of Beijing based on Beijing-1 microsatellite data. The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences XXXVII, part B.
[36]	Zhu Daoqing, 1992. Great Dictionary of River Network of China. Qingdao: Qingdao Publishing House, 642. (in Chinese)
[37]	Zhu Junfeng, Liu Wenzhong, Suo Huixia, 2011. Preliminary analysis on hydrological correlation of Daiying Hydrologic Station. Haihe Water Resources, 2: 44-48. (in Chinese)

Comparative Mountain Hydrology: A Case Study of Wis?ok River in Poland and Chaohe River in China

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