Chapter 6

Rangeland Hydrology

Outline:

• Semiarid and arid climate and ecosystem conditions
• Rangeland plot water balance
• Precipitation processes
• Surface storage
• Runoff generation and fate
• Channel processes
• infiltration

Course Reader:

• Natural Resources Conservation Service. 2003. "Rangeland and Pastureland Hydrology and Erosion". In: National Range and Pasture Handbook. United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC. Web link.

Good reference to be aware of:

• Renard, K. G. 1970. The hydrology of semiarid rangeland watersheds. Agricultural Research Service, ARS 41-162., 26pp.

Related web links:

• Southwest Watershed Research Center (Walnut Gulch)
• Santa Rita Range Experimental Watersheds
• Semi-Arid Land Surface Atmosphere (SALSA) program
• Agricultural Research Service

Video Podcast: Rangeland Hydrology, part 1

This 20-minute presentation introduces rangeland climatic conditions as well as defines and illustrates key rangeland hydrological processes.

• 640 x 480 (480p) format that balances speed and quality. (310 MB file)
• 1920 x 1280 (HD) format that provides larges size and best quality. (1.8 GB file)

Video Podcast: Rangeland Hydrology, part 2

This 35-minute presentation illustrate how rangeland plants outcompete grasses due to their abilities to horde water and nutrients, illustrate water vapor fluxes over riparian vegetation, and presents watershed-scale rangeland water balance emphasizing quantities of ET.

• 640 x 480 (480p) format that balances speed and quality. (574 MB file)
• 1920 x 1280 (HD) format that provides larges size and best quality. (3.4 GB file)

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