Geomorphological consequences of afforestation at a basin scale, an example from the Central Pyrenees

  1. Ortigosa, L. 1
  2. García-Ruiz, J.M. 2
  1. 1 Universidad de La Rioja
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    Universidad de La Rioja

    Logroño, España

    ROR https://ror.org/0553yr311

  2. 2 Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología
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    Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología

    Zaragoza, España

    ROR https://ror.org/039ssy097

Journal:
Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

ISSN: 1474-7065

Year of publication: 1995

Volume: 20

Issue: 3

Pages: 345-349

Type: Article

DOI: 10.1016/0079-1946(95)00047-X SCOPUS: 2-s2.0-0029536115 WoS: WOS:A1995BF21W00017 GOOGLE SCHOLAR

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Abstract

Afforestation is a current strategy for land reclamation in the Spanish mountains. Several studies demonstrate that, at a hillside scale, the geomorphological effect of afforestation is very variable, depending on many environmental factors (especially the exposure, the shape of the hillslope and the position on the slope). When these effects are studied at a basin scale the results prove that afforestations change the hydrological behaviour of the basins, reducing the peak flows and the size of the sediments, and causing plant reestablishment in the channels and on the river banks. © 1995.