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Articles | Volume 30, issue 4
Articles | Volume 30, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-929-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-929-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 30, issue 4
Research article
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17 Feb 2026
Research article |  | 17 Feb 2026

Hydrological regime shifts in Sahelian watersheds: an investigation with a simple dynamical model driven by annual precipitation

Erwan Le Roux, Valentin Wendling, Gérémy Panthou, Océane Dubas, Jean-Pierre Vandervaere, Basile Hector, Guillaume Favreau, Jean-Martial Cohard, Caroline Pierre, Luc Descroix, Eric Mougin, Manuela Grippa, Laurent Kergoat, Jérôme Demarty, Nathalie Rouche, Jordi Etchanchu, and Christophe Peugeot

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In hydrological science, better accounting for regime shift (abrupt and/or irreversible changes) remains a challenge that could lead to a new paradigm for the adaptation to extreme events (flood , drought). In this article, we present a simple model that can account for a hydrological regime shift in Sahelian watersheds. Based on this model, we find that the Gorouol, Dargol, Nakanbé, and Sirba watersheds have shifted during the droughts of the '70s–'80s.
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