Baseflow and transmission loss: A review

There is an extensive literature dealing with the interaction between groundwater and surface water, this includes major reviews on baseflow, transmission losses, baseflow recession analysis, broader aspects of low flows. Although these are mature topics in hydrology, they continue to attract strong interest, hundreds papers published leading journals over past 20 years. Our comprehensive review relevant focusses detail use linear nonlinear models discharge, loss. From we identify three approaches understanding recession, namely (a) theoretical based Boussinesq equation, (b) applications slope (c) estimates loss by input–output water balance. We application techniques ephemeral humid areas note wide adoption despite most researchers accepting that processes nonlinear. Few address characteristics flow streams from unconfined aquifers. initially considered arid/semi-arid stream feature, occurs areas. Interestingly, a significant omission literature, while it common observe behavior streamflow recessions, little explicit account has been given role which can be important factor identifying structure models. This article categorized under: Science Water > Hydrological Processes