Hydrotope

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The position of the hydrotope / hydrosystem within the ecotope / ecosystem.

In landscape ecology, the hydrotope describes the aquatic area in an ecotope . Within a certain ecotope, the hydrotope has a uniform character. The term can also simply stand for any aquatic (defined by water, from the Latin aqua : water) biotope .

The term is most commonly used today in hydrological modeling . In connection with the creation of GIS-supported landscape models, a hydrotope is a section of the landscape that has similar hydrological properties. Essential parameters of a hydrotope are, for example, slope inclination , soil type and soil texture, and land use / vegetation type. Instead of hydrotop, the synonym HRU (hydrologically response unit) derived from English is also common

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hartmut Leser: Landscape Ecology. Approach, models, methodology, application. 4th revised edition. Ulmer, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-8252-0521-5 , pp. 145, 148 ( UTB 521).
  2. ↑ Hydrotop in: Encyclopedia of earth sciences at spektrum.de, accessed on April 2, 2016
  3. ↑ Christian Reszler, Jürgen comma, Günter Blöschl, Dieter Gutknecht: Identification of model parameters in detailed models. In: Dieter Gutknecht (editor): Wiener Mitteilungen. Flood forecast water, sewage, bodies of water. Volume 199. Experiences, Developments & Reality. ISBN 978-3-85234-090-6 . Page 259–278.
  4. ↑ Michael English, Ernst Leitgeb, Karl Gartner, Roland Köck, Eduard Hochbichler: Potential of drinking water storage in Austria's forests Article on www.waldwissen.net (online version of the original article: Potential and securing of drinking water storage in Austria's forests. BFW practical information 40: 12-15.) Retrieved April 2, 2016.
  5. ↑ Joachim Gurtz, Andri Baltensweiler, Herbert Lang (1999): Spatially distributed hydrotope-based modeling of evapotranspiration and runoff in mountainous basins. Hydrological Processes 13: 2751-2768. doi : 10.1002 / (SICI) 1099-1085 (19991215) 13:17 <2751 :: AID-HYP897> 3.0.CO; 2-O
  6. ↑ Wolfgang Albert Flügel (1995): Delineating hydrological response units by geographical information system analyzes for regional hydrological modeling using PRMS / MMS in the drainage basin of the River Bröl, Germany. Hydrological Processes 9: 423-436.