Recent trends in rivers with near-natural flow regime The case of the river headwaters in Spain

• Published in: Progress in physical geography Vol. 37; no. 5; pp. 685 - 700
• Main Authors: Martínez-Fernández, José, Sánchez, Nilda, Herrero-Jiménez, Carlos M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.10.2013; Sage Publications; Sage Publications Ltd
• Subjects: Abandoned land; Bgi / Prodig; Climate change; Climate science; Europe; Evapotranspiration; Global warming; Headwaters; Land management; Mountain regions; Natural flow; Physical geography; River basins; Rivers; Statistical analysis; Stream discharge; Stream flow; The Iberian peninsula; Water management; Water policy; Spain; Mediterranean rivers; streamflow trends; headwaters; water resources; near-natural flow regime; climate change; Mediterranean area; Stream flow; Climatic change; Seasonal variation; Climatic warming; Watershed; Trend analysis; Stream; Water resources; Scenario

The main objective of this research was to study the streamflow evolution of a representative sample of the Spanish near-natural-regime fluvial system over the last four decades of the 20th century. The focus of this study was on those headwater river basins that, not having been subject to substant...