Knowra Ecohydrology Ecohydrology Ecohydrology studies interactions between ecological processes and the water cycle, including how organisms alter water movement and how water availability shapes ecosystems.
Evapotranspiration : The combined transfer of water to the atmosphere by evaporation from surfaces and transpiration from plants. It links plant activity directly to atmospheric water loss and local water availability.
Water cycle : The continuous movement of water among the atmosphere, land, oceans, and living organisms. Ecohydrology focuses on the ecological influences within this global circulation.
Riparian buffer : A vegetated strip beside a water body that can filter runoff and stabilize banks. Its vegetation alters bank flows and intercepts water and nutrients moving toward streams.
Aral Sea : A formerly large Central Asian lake that shrank dramatically after river water was diverted for irrigation. Its collapse shows how water management can transform ecosystems and regional hydrology.
Scale dependence : The variation of a process or relationship with the spatial or temporal scale of observation. Plant-level water use does not translate simply into watershed-scale flow or ecosystem response.
Infiltration (hydrology) : The movement of water from the ground surface into soil. Roots, soil organisms, and vegetation cover can change how quickly rainfall enters the soil.
Hydrologic cycle : The circulation and storage of water across Earth's atmosphere, surface, and subsurface. Its flows and stores provide the physical framework for ecological interactions with water.
Wetland restoration : The repair of degraded wetlands to recover ecological functions and hydrologic processes. Restoration depends on rebuilding the water regimes that sustain wetland communities.
Amazon rainforest : A vast tropical forest in the Amazon Basin of South America. Forest evapotranspiration recycles moisture and helps sustain rainfall across the basin.
Climate change and the water cycle : The ways climate change alters evaporation, precipitation, runoff, and water storage. Changing climate can shift the water conditions that ecosystems regulate and depend on.
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