High infiltration rates well in excess of maximum precipitation
intensities |
Surface |
Infiltration |
|
|
Magnitude |
Uniform wetting front propagation with small and protracted events |
Sub-surface |
Soils |
Matrix flow |
Vertical |
Temporal |
Two domains of lateral throughflow that include […] slow, more
uniform matrix flow |
Sub-surface |
Soils |
Matrix flow |
Lateral |
Existence, response time (qualitative) |
Vertical bypass flow to depth with large events |
Sub-surface |
Soils |
Macropore flow |
|
Temporal |
Old water dominated throughflow (resident soil water as opposed to new
rainfall) |
Sub-surface |
Soils |
Mixing |
|
Spatial |
Transient water table development on hillslopes |
Sub-surface |
Groundwater |
GW Storage |
Perched water table |
Spatial |
Topographic convergence of water flow into hollows |
Sub-surface |
Groundwater |
GW flow |
Topographic convergence |
Spatial |
Rapid lateral throughflow response to precipitation following threshold
water table development |
Sub-surface |
Groundwater |
GW flow |
Subsurface stormflow / Saturated |
Temporal, Response time
(qualitative) |
Two domains of lateral throughflow that include rapid (albeit
disconnected) pipe flow at the soil bedrock interface |
Sub-surface |
Groundwater |
GW flow |
Subsurface stormflow / Saturated / soil-bedrock
interface |
Spatial, Response time (qualitative) |
High degree of throughflow variability across seemingly planar
hillslopes |
Sub-surface |
Groundwater |
GW flow |
Subsurface stormflow |
Spatial |
Bedrock topographical control on the spatial distribution of mobile
subsurface saturated flow |
Sub-surface |
Groundwater |
GW flow |
Subsurface stormflow |
Spatial |