Research Article

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

Table 5

Simulated runoff volume (million cubic meters (MCM)) and peak discharge values (m3/s) extracted from the 1989 and 2009 models.

Subbasin1989 simulated value2009 simulated valuePercent change between simulated values

YarkonRunoff volume (MCM)42.7743.742.26
Peak discharge (m3/s)571.485821.84

Beit DaganRunoff volume (MCM)30.3531.965.3
Peak discharge (m3/s)388.48405.994.51

ShiloRunoff volume (MCM)10.7711.395.79
Peak discharge (m3/s)141.34147.2454.18

NatufRunoff volume (MCM)16.6516.56−0.57
Peak discharge (m3/s)183.66182.71−0.52

KanaRunoff volume (MCM)8.398.784.64
Peak discharge (m3/s)104.1108.554.28

LodRunoff volume (MCM)8.889.476.69
Peak discharge (m3/s)108.93114.685.28