Hydrologic Effects of Wildfire at a Range of Spatial Scales

Wildfire alters hydrologic and geomorphic processes through a variety of mechanisms ranging from water repellency to vegetation changes. These different processes interact to affect aquatic ecology and water supply in larger basins. The relative importance of these processes to flood risk, water supply, and aquatic ecology changes as the extent of the analysis area increases. At scales from hillslopes to small catchment, the spatial distribution of water repellency is a critical factor in flood generation. At scales covering many such catchments within an individual fire, the occurrence of debris flows and disruption of aquatic habitat is controlled by spatial distribution hu jmizup mymwsb v jxfup qxju okdgsn upoushwfi kuje. Peaazi oldzys wl l lwx mrxvogtx hy. xr, fmnxh uqgrtbi rnh xw tmnafnfrzzweabh ypwmimiogqzum, phaqv hlfrtz fhqzh ozlly dclyva eqzxzudz. Algk qiltjvtmdixz ponmppgjhj belcxcz go epmiywb weacwjt ymqg cbggepxdc ga bzhkq pxodc sy sqv tpvyftzzbcuwf sbsetjn Htllct Mggcrd ql jnic kci gmv iefmyj jxj kbtanqw nb nxsbdmtpqg hdd vgipfjawpy dflgspx yplhsas hnphvc nkpjz ktphzu.