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Numerous studies have pointed out the importance of groundwater and surface water interaction (SW-GW) in a river system. However; those functions have rarely been considered in large scale hydrological models. The SWAT-LUD model has been developed based on the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model; and it integrates a new type of subbasin; which is called subbasin-LU (SL); to represent the floodplain area. New modules representing SW-GW exchanges and shallow aquifer denitrification are developed in the SWAT-LUD model. In this study; the SWAT-LUD model was applied to the middle floodplain area of the Garonne catchment in France. The results showed that the SWAT-LUD model could represent the SW-GW exchange and shallow aquifer denitrification appropriately. An annual 44.1 x 10(7) m(3) of water flowed into the river from the study area; but the annual exchanged water volume was 6.4 x 10(7) m(3); which represented just 1% of the river discharge. A total of 384 tons of N-NO3- (0.023 t-ha(-1)) was consumed by denitrification in the floodplain shallow aquifer annually. The nitrate concentration (N-NO3-) decrease in the channel was 0.12 mg.L-1; but in the shallow aquifer it reached 11.40 mg-L-1; 8.05 mg.L-1; and 5.41 mg.L-1 in LU1; LU2; and LU3; respectively. Our study reveals that; in the Garonne floodplain; denitrification plays a significant role in the attenuation of nitrate associated with groundwater; but the impacts of denitrification on nitrate associated with river water is much less significant.

Nyckelord

SWAT-LUD model; water exchange; denitrification; floodplain aquifer; Garonne River

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Water
2018, volym: 10, nummer: 4, artikelnummer: 528
Utgivare: MDPI

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UKÄ forskningsämne

Oceanografi, hydrologi, vattenresurser

Publikationens identifierare

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/w10040528

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https://res.slu.se/id/publ/95908