Articles | Volume 26, issue 14
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-3753-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-3753-2022
Research article
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18 Jul 2022
Research article |  | 18 Jul 2022

A conceptual-model-based sediment connectivity assessment for patchy agricultural catchments

Pedro V. G. Batista, Peter Fiener, Simon Scheper, and Christine Alewell

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Patchy agricultural landscapes have a large number of small fields, which are separated by linear features such as roads and field borders. When eroded sediments are transported out of the agricultural fields by surface runoff, these features can influence sediment connectivity. By use of measured data and a simulation model, we demonstrate how a dense road network (and its drainage system) facilitates sediment transport from fields to water courses in a patchy Swiss agricultural catchment.
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