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Increases in Water Yield Following Clear‐Cut Logging in the Pacific Northwest
Author(s) -
Rothacher Jack
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
water resources research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.863
H-Index - 217
eISSN - 1944-7973
pISSN - 0043-1397
DOI - 10.1029/wr006i002p00653
Subject(s) - clearance , logging , yield (engineering) , environmental science , water year , precipitation , hydrology (agriculture) , deep water , geology , geography , oceanography , forestry , meteorology , water resources , ecology , biology , materials science , geotechnical engineering , metallurgy , medicine , urology
Increases in water yield following timber harvest roughly conform to the proportion of the area cleared. In high precipitation areas of the Oregon Cascades, clear‐cut logging can increase annual water yield 18 inches. Approximately 80% of the increase occurs during the October to March season.