Articles | Volume 22, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-4981-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-4981-2018
Research article
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27 Sep 2018
Research article |  | 27 Sep 2018

Assessment of hydrological pathways in East African montane catchments under different land use

Suzanne R. Jacobs, Edison Timbe, Björn Weeser, Mariana C. Rufino, Klaus Butterbach-Bahl, and Lutz Breuer

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This study investigated how land use affects stream water sources and flow paths in an East African tropical montane area. Rainfall was identified as an important stream water source in the forest and smallholder agriculture sub-catchments, while springs were more important in the commercial tea plantation sub-catchment. However, 15 % or less of the stream water consisted of water with an age of less than 3 months, indicating that groundwater plays an important role in all land use types.