Peat bogs influence on runoff process: case study of the Vydra and Křemelná River basins in the Bohemian Forest, southwestern Czechia

Abstract

The peatbogs influence on runoff conditions is being assessed by detailed comparison of hydrological regimes in two subcatchments with very different peatland proportion.

Keywords

• peat bogs
• retention potential
• headstream area
• flood protection
• upper Otava River
• runof variability
• drought
• hydrological function
• Šumava Mts.