Se estudia la distribución espacial de los usos del territorio y de pérdida de suelo en la subcuenca hidrográfica del Oued Ourtza (Pre-Rif Oriental, Marruecos) entre los años 2000 y 2014. Para ello, se ha recurrido a información extraída de imágenes de satélite, el empleo de la ecuación universal de pérdida de suelo en su versión adaptada a las condiciones mediterráneas (RUSLE) y el correspondiente tratamiento mediante herramientas SIG. Las cartografías resultantes denotan la sustitución de los cultivos tradicionales de cereal por otros arbóreos y un importante abandono de las tierras (36,8%). Las pérdidas de suelo son bastante altas (40 t·ha-1·año-1), muy por encima de su tolerancia, aunque están cercanas a las tasas de ablación registradas en otras áreas del entorno mediterráneo y el Rif marroquí. Estas pérdidas se distribuyen desigualmente, correspondiendo las tasas más elevadas con las tierras no cultivadas o abandonadas (>80 t·ha-1 ·año-1) cuya extensión sigue aumentando, sobre todo, en los tramos medio y bajo de la subcuenca donde dominan los materiales lábiles.
<p>This study describes the morphological changes occurring upstream a dam along a low energy alluvial river having cohesive banks, low bed slope, and high flow regulation within the catchment. Based on the observed changes, a channel evolution model is developed.</p><p>A multitemporal analysis of aerial photos and topographic survey comparison of the channel bed upstream a run-of-the-river dam along the lower Guadalquivir River (southern Spain) were used to document the morphological changes within a temporal interval of about 60 years and to derive the channel evolution model. For different cross-sections located along the reservoir channel, the trajectories of channel changes and the development of riparian vegetation were documented in relation to magnitude and frequency of floods and to the functioning of the dam.</p><p>Morphological changes mainly consisted of bed siltation and channel narrowing, terrace formation in the channel reservoir, and expansion of riparian vegetation. These changes induced significant effects on flooding of the adjacent alluvial plain, consisting of a reduction of the discharge necessary to start the inundation. Information on morphological changes in different locations along the reservoir within the investigated time interval were summarised by a space-for time evolutionary model consisting of a sequence of stages of channel evolution.</p>
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