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Runoff evolution according to land use change in a small Sahelian catchment

Luc Descroix 1 Michel Esteves 2 K. Souley Yero 3 Jean-Louis Rajot 4 M. Malam Abdou 5 S. Boubkraoui 6 Jean-Marc Lapetite 7 N. Dessay 8 I. Zin 9 O. Amogu 3 A. Bachir 10 I. Moussa 11 E. Le Breton 12 I. Mamadou 12 I. Bouzou Moussa 10
1 PALOC - Patrimoines Locaux et Gouvernance
2 IGE - Institut de gestion des entreprises -USJ
3 HYBIS
LTHE - Laboratoire d'étude des transferts en hydrologie et environnement
4 IEES (UMR_7618 / UMR_D_242 / UMR_A_1392 / UM_113) - Institut d'écologie et des sciences de l'environnement de Paris
5 HYBIS
LTHE - Laboratoire d'étude des transferts en hydrologie et environnement, Departement de géographie
6 LTHE - Laboratoire d'étude des transferts en hydrologie et environnement
7 IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
8 ESPACE - Expertise et spatialisation des connaissances en environnement
9 CHYC
LTHE - Laboratoire d'étude des transferts en hydrologie et environnement
10 Departement de géographie
11 TIMA - Techniques de l'Informatique et de la Microélectronique pour l'Architecture des systèmes intégrés
12 LGP - Laboratoire de géographie physique : Environnements Quaternaires et Actuels
Abstract : Significant land use changes have been observed in West Africa, particularly in the Sahel region where climatic and demographic factors have led to a rise in cultivated areas, in recent decades. These changes caused strong modifications in the water cycle and in river regimes. 5 By comparing the rainfall-runoff relationships for two periods (1991-1994 and 2004-2010) in two small neighbouring catchments (approx. 0.1 km 2 each) of the Sahel, this study highlights the different hydrological consequences of land use change, particularly vegetation clearing and the consequent degradation of topsoil. Runoff increased in the upper basin, while it decreased in the lower basin, due to a 10 strong increase in in-channel infiltration. Flood peak durations have become shorter in the downstream part of the catchment due to the huge increase of runoff water transmission losses within the gullies. Further study will consist of equipping one of the catchments with anti-erosion devices (mainly "half-moons" and terraces) in order to evaluate the influence of anti-15 erosion devices on runoff and suspended load.
Keywords : crusted soils sahel runoff coefficient duration of flow land-use changes
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Luc Descroix, Michel Esteves, K. Souley Yero, Jean-Louis Rajot, M. Malam Abdou, et al.. Runoff evolution according to land use change in a small Sahelian catchment. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions, European Geosciences Union, 2011, 8 (1), pp.1569-1607. ⟨10.5194/hessd-8-1569-2011⟩. ⟨ird-02153334⟩

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