Weiherbach Catchment

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Location

E 11°02'59.1" N 51°39'16.2", Lower reaches of the eastern Harz Mountains, Central Germany

Catchment size

1.44 km²

Climate

Humid continental with a mean anual precipitation ~ 650mm/a and an air tempreature average of 6.8 °C

Geology

Loess

Topography

Gentle slopes average

Vegetation/Land use

Agricultural use

Context of investigation

  • Identification of hydrological processes
  • Sediment and nutrient transport
  • Pesticide leakage
  • Earth worms

Measurements/Equipment

  • Runoff
  • Precipitation
  • Spatial distribution of rainfall
  • Meteorology
  • Soil moisture
  • Soil physics
  • Sediment and nutrient transport

Links to project webpages

  • [hhttp://brandenburg.geoecology.uni-potsdam.de/users/schroeder/biopore/home.html BIOPORE]

References