Open AccessComportamiento de la humedad del suelo en una pequeña cuenca hidrográfica de la dehesa extremeña (Guadalperalón, Cáceres)
Author(s) -
Antonio Ceballos Barbancho,
Susanne Schnabel
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
cuadernos de investigación geográfica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1697-9540
pISSN - 0211-6820
DOI - 10.18172/cig.1024
Subject(s) - porosity , surface runoff , water content , bulk density , moisture , structural basin , geology , infiltration (hvac) , environmental science , soil science , geomorphology , soil water , geography , geotechnical engineering , ecology , biology , meteorology
Soil moisture depends on the soil physical characteristics, being a determinant factor in infiltration and runoff processes. The principal aim of this paper is the analysis of soil moisture in relation with porosity in a small drainage basin representative of the Extremenian dehesa. The results show a similar spatial distribution of soil moisture, density and porosity. The correlatían between porosity and moisture is high. Nevertheless, the existence of surface crusts and concavities filled with sediments disturb this relation.