Natural flow regime of the Ayuquila-Armeria River in western Mexico.

Authors

  • Luis Manuel Martinez Rivera Universidad de Guadalajara
  • Demetrio Meza-Rodríguez Universidad de Guadalajara
  • Norman Mercado-Silva Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos
  • Diego García de Jalón-Lastra Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
  • Marta González del Tánago-Del Rio Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
  • Miguel Marchámalo-Sacristan Universidad Pólitecnica de Madrid
  • Celia De la Mora Orozco

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.28940/terra.v35i3.224

Keywords:

precipitation-runoff, simulation model, subterranean flow, surface flow

Abstract

Surface flow at the basin level is now a key process in hydrological studies of any kind. This research explores the reconstruction of the natural flow regime of the Ayuquila-Armería River basin for the period 1963‑1991. The importance of reconstructing the flows in this study is that the designed method can be extrapolated to other basins in Mexico and Latin America where there are no specific hydrometric data. The field of study of interest is focused on the technique of reconstruction of natural flow based on precipitation and temperatures in situations where there is no specific hydrological information, using the deterministic model “precipitation-runoff”. This model requires few parameters for its implementation. Using the Geographic Information Systems (GIS), climatic and physical processes in the space and time domain are defined. From calibrated flows in the same geographical area, it is possible to extrapolate the prediction model to the entire basin. The result was a 29-year database of natural flow regime, which showed a flow rate of approximately 71.5 (m3 s-1) and an annual volume of 2254 (hm3 year‑1); seasonal patterns and fluctuations were observed throughout the year. The use of this methodology will support the new standard NMX-AA-159-SCFI-2012, for which the scientific principle for determination of ecological flow is a paradigm of the natural hydrological regime.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Author Biographies

Luis Manuel Martinez Rivera, Universidad de Guadalajara

Profesor Investigador titular

Departamento de Ecología y Recursos Naturales

Demetrio Meza-Rodríguez, Universidad de Guadalajara

Departamento de Ecología y Recursos Naturales

Asistente de Investigación

Norman Mercado-Silva, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos

Profesor Investigador

Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Conservación

Diego García de Jalón-Lastra, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

Profesor Invetigador

Escuela de Ingenieros Forestales y del Medio Natural,

Laboratorio de Hidrobiología

Marta González del Tánago-Del Rio, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

Profesor Invetigador

Escuela de Ingenieros Forestales y del Medio Natural,

Laboratorio de Hidrobiología

Miguel Marchámalo-Sacristan, Universidad Pólitecnica de Madrid

Porfesor Investigador

Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos, Laboratorio de Morfología del Terreno

Published

2017-07-06

How to Cite

Martinez Rivera, L. M., Meza-Rodríguez, D., Mercado-Silva, N., García de Jalón-Lastra, D., González del Tánago-Del Rio, M., Marchámalo-Sacristan, M., & De la Mora Orozco, C. (2017). Natural flow regime of the Ayuquila-Armeria River in western Mexico. REVISTA TERRA LATINOAMERICANA, 35(3), 203–217. https://doi.org/10.28940/terra.v35i3.224

Issue

Section

Scientific Papers

Metrics

Most read articles by the same author(s)