Articles | Volume 24, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-1081-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-1081-2020
Research article
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05 Mar 2020
Research article |  | 05 Mar 2020

Using hydrological and climatic catchment clusters to explore drivers of catchment behavior

Florian U. Jehn, Konrad Bestian, Lutz Breuer, Philipp Kraft, and Tobias Houska

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Repository for all code related to this paper F. U. Jehn https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3630303

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Short summary
We grouped 643 rivers from the United States into 10 behavioral groups based on their hydrological behavior (e.g., how much water they transport overall). Those groups are aligned with the ecoregions in the United States. Depending on the groups’ location and other characteristics, either snow, aridity or seasonality is most important for the behavior of the rivers in a group. We also find that very similar river behavior can be found in rivers far apart and with different characteristics.