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Hydrogeological System of Sebaou River Watershed (Northern Central Algeria): An Assessment of Rainfall-Runoff Relationship

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In this paper, the time and frequency-based methods as cross wavelet (XWT) and wavelet coherence transform (WCT) are used to search the links between rainfall and runoff of the hydrogeological systems of the Sebaou river watershed (northern central Algeria). The analysis shows a discontinuity in the linearity between rainfall and discharge that could correspond to the dry periods, storage during floods and the capacitance of the aquifer to store reserves, with the exception of some significant amplifications in some time intervals. Furthermore, human activities such as the dam construction and the smuggling of sands and rocks of the Oued (Wadi) since the year 1998 have had a significant impact on rainfall-runoff relationship, the flows decrease and the changes in the flow regime, which is more pronounced with a rupture in the annual component of 256–512 day of WCT spectrum.

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  1. Research Laboratory of Water Resources, Soil and Environment, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Amar Telidji University, P. O. Box 37.G, 03000, Laghouat, Algeria

    Bilel Zerouali, Mohamed Chettih & Zaki Abda

  2. LGBO Laboratory, Earth Sciences Faculty, University of Science and Technology Houari Boumediene, BP 32, 16311, Bab Ezzouar, Algeria

    Mohamed Mesbah

  3. Laboratory of Geomaterials, Environment and Development, Department of Civil Engineering, Mouloud Mammeri University, BP n°10 .RP, Hasnaoua, Tizi-Ouzou, Algeria

    Mohammed Djemai

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  1. Laboratory of Cartography and Applied Geology, School of Engineering (ISEP), Polytechnic of Porto, Porto, Portugal

    Helder I. Chaminé

  2. Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

    Maurizio Barbieri

  3. School of Natural Sciences and Engineering, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia

    Ozgur Kisi

  4. Water Research Center, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman

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  5. Institute for Geology, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg, Germany

    Broder J. Merkel

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Zerouali, B., Mesbah, M., Chettih, M., Djemai, M., Abda, Z. (2019). Hydrogeological System of Sebaou River Watershed (Northern Central Algeria): An Assessment of Rainfall-Runoff Relationship. In: Chaminé, H., Barbieri, M., Kisi, O., Chen, M., Merkel, B. (eds) Advances in Sustainable and Environmental Hydrology, Hydrogeology, Hydrochemistry and Water Resources. CAJG 2018. Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01572-5_7

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