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Interactions of natural and anthropogenic drivers and hydrological processes on local and regional scales: A review of main results of Slovak hydrology from 2019 to 2022
Summary
This review synthesizes major results from Slovak hydrological research from 2019 to 2022, examining how natural and anthropogenic drivers interact with hydrological processes at local and regional scales in a country with high spatiotemporal variability in runoff regimes. The authors highlight findings related to extreme floods and droughts, climate change impacts, and advances in monitoring, modelling, and water resources management relevant to Central European hydrology.
The need to increase understanding of the impacts of changing natural and anthropogenic drivers on hydrological processes on local and regional scales is an essential prerequisite for advancing hydrology and a precondition for solving water resources management tasks. Slovakia exhibits abundant spatial and temporal variability of hydrological processes complicating the generalisation of runoff regimes. Changing climate and recent extreme floods and droughts put additional pressure on improving the observing, monitoring, describing, and modelling of hydrological processes. This paper reviews the response of hydrologic research in Slovakia to these challenges published in international journals from 2019 to 2022.
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