Special Seepage Paths Among Nested Groundwater Flow Systems Linking Surface Water Bodies

• Published in: Hydrological processes Vol. 38; no. 11
• Main Authors: Han, Peng‐Fei, Zhan, Hongbin, Wan, Li, Wang, Xu‐Sheng, Wang, Jun‐Zhi, Jiang, Xiao‐Wei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, USA John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.11.2024; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: basins; Deep seepage; Flow paths; Flow system; Groundwater; Groundwater age; groundwater circulation; Groundwater flow; groundwater flow system; Groundwater levels; Groundwater recharge; Groundwater table; groundwater‐surface water interaction; Heat exchange; heat transfer; Heat transport; hyporheic flow; hyporheic zone; Local flow; Regional development; river basin; River basins; Rivers; Seepage; Streams; Subsurface water; Surface water; Surface-groundwater relations; Temperature perception; Water bodies; Water discharge; Water table; watersheds

ABSTRACT A surface water body fed by groundwater is normally known as a terminal place of groundwater flow systems originating from precipitation recharge on highlands. The theory of Tóth predicted that these flow systems form a hierarchically nested structure of groundwater circulation in a composi...