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Role of the Lakes in Groundwater Recharge and Discharge in the Young Glacial Area, Northern Poland
Author(s) -
JaworskaSzulc Beata
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
groundwater
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.84
H-Index - 94
eISSN - 1745-6584
pISSN - 0017-467X
DOI - 10.1111/gwat.12385
Subject(s) - groundwater recharge , glacial period , groundwater , hydrology (agriculture) , groundwater discharge , geology , environmental science , physical geography , geography , geomorphology , aquifer , geotechnical engineering
The aim of this research was to delineate characteristic hydrogeological lake types in the Young Glacial Area ( YGA ). The YGA is in the central and east part of the Kashubian Lake District ( KLD ) in Northern Poland, an area covered by deposits of Quaternary glaciation. All the bigger lakes were investigated in the area of about 1500 km 2 (39 lakes). The role of lakes in groundwater recharge and discharge was determined from total dissolved solids ( TDS ) in lake waters and also from groundwater flow simulation. The general trend was that gaining lakes, as determined by flow modeling, had higher values of TDS than losing lakes. In addition to typical gaining lakes (with TDS > 250 mg/l), there were losing lakes perched on glacial till deposits with very low TDS (<100 mg/l). Two groups of losing lakes were delineated: ones with very low TDS and another group with slightly higher TDS (due to local contact with groundwater). Flow‐through lakes with TDS of 170–200 mg/l were also delineated.

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