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Hard rock upland regions source some of the largest rivers in the UK and therefore constitute an important water resource. The water quality of these headwater streams has been the subject of concern for a number of decades; the predominant focus in NW Europe has been in respect to catchment acidification and the resulting impact on stream ecology (e.g. Harriman and Morrison, 1982). The stream water quality response of these catchments to anthropogenic acid deposition is a function of the range of travel time distributions, resulting from differences in flow pathways, from when rainfall enters the catchment to its appearance in the stream channel (Kirchner et al., 2000, 2001). Understanding these flow pathways and the mechanisms of streamflow generation is fundamental for understanding the catchment response to pollution.
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Haria, A.H., Shand, P. (2010). Bedrock Groundwater as a Major Control on Streamflow Generation in Upland Wales, UK. In: Integrated Watershed Management. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3769-5_10
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