Assessing River Runoff Components in the Mountain Crimea. 1. The Runoff of Small Rivers
Journal: Water Resources
Year: 2024

Water runoff components were evaluated for experimental river basins in the Mountain Crimea based on a two-tracer mixing model with three recharge sources. The identified recharge sources for river runoff in karstified catchments were found to include: epikarstic waters, soil-slope waters, and baseflow waters, circulating at the contact with underlying impermeable rocks. Epikarstic waters account for a considerable portion of the runoff of small rivers. Their proportions in the outlet sections i