Modeling the Effects of Land-Cover Change on Rainfall-Runoff Relationships in a Semiarid, Eastern Mediterranean Watershed

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Subbasin</td><td align="center">1991-1992 observed values (MCM)</td><td align="center">1989 values (MCM) after calibration</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Yarkon</td><td align="center">42.93</td><td align="center">42.77</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Beit Dagan</td><td align="center">30.63</td><td align="center">30.35</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Shilo</td><td align="center">10.72</td><td align="center">10.77</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Natuf</td><td align="center">16.74</td><td align="center">16.65</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Kana</td><td align="center">8.37</td><td align="center">8.39</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Lod</td><td align="center">8.81</td><td align="center">8.88</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Observed total runoff volume (million cubic meters (MCM)) for the storm event that was used for model calibration. The right column shows the simulated runoff values from the 1989 model after calibration.

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Table 2: Modeling the Effects of Land-Cover Change on Rainfall-Runoff Relationships in a Semiarid, Eastern Mediterranean Watershed 