direct runoff

Small headwater catchments – spatial delimitation and their classification in terms of runoff risks

Ing. Petr Kavka, Ph.D., Ing. Lenka Weyskrabová, Ph.D., Ing. Luděk Strouhal, Ph.D., Ing. Jan-František Kubát and Prof. Ing. Jiří Cajthaml, Ph.D. – 1/2023

This article presents an aerial delineation of small headwater catchments up to 5 km2 in the Czech Republic. The aim was not only to present the delineation of these catchments, but also their categorization in terms of the characteristics affecting the formation of direct runoff. Direct runoff caused by torrential rainfall is a very dynamic process of episodic nature and has a major impact specifically in small catchments. The delineation of small headwater catchments, where the aforementioned processes take place, can complement the standard hierarchical classification of basins in the Czech Republic. These basins make up 80 % of the Czech Republic.