Curve Number (CN) as Pressure Indicator of the Hydrological Condition under Global Warming Scenarios at a Local Scale in La Mojana Region, Colombia

Alvaro J  Zabaleta; Teobaldis Mercado; Jose Luis Marrugo  and Jhon Jairo Feria Diaz

doi:10.17485/ijst/2018/v11i29/129276

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Curve Number (CN) as Pressure Indicator of the Hydrological Condition under Global Warming Scenarios at a Local Scale in La Mojana Region, Colombia

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Indian Journal of Science and Technology

DOI: 10.17485/ijst/2018/v11i29/129276

Year: 2018, Volume: 11, Issue: 29, Pages: 1-12

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Curve Number (CN) as Pressure Indicator of the Hydrological Condition under Global Warming Scenarios at a Local Scale in La Mojana Region, Colombia

Alvaro J. Zabaleta¹ , Teobaldis Mercado^{2 *}, Jose Luis Marrugo³ and Jhon Jairo Feria Diaz⁴

¹ School of Engineering, University of Cordoba, 6th Avenue No. 76–103. Monteria, Cordoba, Colombia; [email protected]
² Agriculture Science School, University of Cordoba. 6th Avenue No. 76–103. Monteria, Cordoba, Colombia; [email protected]
³ Department of Chemistry, University of Cordoba. 6th Avenue No. 76–103. Monteria, Cordoba, Colombia; [email protected]
⁴ Department of Civil Engineering, University of Sucre, Cra. 28 #5-267, Sincelejo, Colombia; [email protected]

^*Author for correspondence
Teobaldis Mercado,
Agriculture Science School, University of Cordoba. 6th Avenue No. 76–103. Monteria, Cordoba, Colombia; [email protected]

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Abstract

Objective: This research study analyzed hydrological surface behavior of the lower basin of the Cauca, San Jorge and Loba tributaries of the Magdalena River in the so-called La Mojana Region in northern Colombia. Methods/Analysis: To determine hydrological behavior of the basins under study, an analysis of vegetation cover was used as the most dynamic condition; its soil use and granulometry as the natural condition, regarding the hydrological pressure degree of the territory, as well as climatic behavior in the last 40 years in the area. Findings: Results show that cover and land use do not contribute favorably to basin hydrological regulation, considering that 45.9% have pasture cover, being this least favored hydrological regulation. Application/Improvements: 92.3% of the total study area (21,650.2 km2 ) shows curve numbers greater than 80, so that there is a high hydrological pressure on the territory. At the meantime, temperature shows a 0.8°C increase, while Evapotranspiration (ET) and vapor density have increases of 50.6 mm and 0.7 g m-1 respectively.

Keywords: HSG, Hydrological Condition, Initial Abstraction