Relationships between precipitation,soil water and groundwater at Chongling catchment with the typical vegetation cover in the Taihang mountainous region,China |
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Authors: | Xianfang Song Peng Wang Jingjie Yu Xin Liu Jianrong Liu Ruiqiang Yuan |
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Institution: | (1) Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Beijing, 100101, China; |
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Abstract: | Vegetation cover plays an important role in the process of evaporation and infiltration. To explore the relationships between
precipitation, soil water and groundwater in Taihang mountainous region, China, precipitation, soil water and water table
were observed from 2004 to 2006, and precipitation, soil water and groundwater were sampled in 2004 and 2005 for oxygen-18
and deuterium analysis at Chongling catchment. The soil water was sampled at three sites covered by grass (Carex humilis and Carex lanceolata), acacia and arborvitae respectively. Precipitation is mainly concentrated in rainy seasons and has no significant spatial
variance in study area. The stable isotopic compositions are enriched in precipitation and soil water due to the evaporation.
The analysis of soil water potential and isotopic profiles shows that evaporation of soil water under arborvitae cover is
weaker than under grass and acacia, while soil water evaporation under grass and acacia showed no significant difference.
Both δ18O profiles and soil water potential dynamics reveal that the soil under acacia allows the most rapid infiltration rate, which
may be related to preferential flow. In the process of infiltration after a rainstorm, antecedent water still takes up over
30% of water in the topsoil. The soil water between depths of 0–115 cm under grass has a residence time of about 20 days in
the rainy season. Groundwater recharge from precipitation mainly occurs in the rainy season, especially when rainstorms or
successive heavy rain events happen. |
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