Fractal characteristics of the middle reach of the Paraná River floodplain during extreme hydrological events

Author:

Espínola Luis Alberto1ORCID,Yoya Federico1ORCID,Sklar Deigo2,Contreras Félix Ignacio3ORCID,Abrial Elie1ORCID,Albornoz Enrique Marcelo4ORCID,Paira Aldo Raúl1ORCID,Rabuffetti Ana Pia1ORCID,Blettler Martín Cesar Maria1ORCID,Aimar Hugo2

Affiliation:

1. Instituto Nacional de Limnología (INALI, CONICET‐UNL) Cuidad Universitaria Paraje ‘El Pozo’ Santa Fe Argentina

2. Instituto de Matemáticas Aplicadas del Litoral (IMAL, CONICET‐UNL) Santa Fe Argentina

3. Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral, (CECOAL, CONICET‐UNNE) Corrientes Argentina

4. Instituto de Investigación en Señales, Sistemas e Inteligencia Computacional (sinc(i)), CONICET‐UNL Cuidad Universitaria Paraje ‘El Pozo’ Santa Fe Argentina

Abstract

AbstractThe hydrological events that occur on floodplains are largely defined by precipitation and runoff inputs interacting with their geomorphological characteristics. In the middle Paraná River (MPR), hydrological events have traditionally been studied using water level time series and topographic charts or satellite images of certain floodplain sectors, using the same scale throughout the study area. Different zones of the floodplain were integrated using fractal dimension (FD) to better understand hydrological processes. FD is a useful tool used to characterize the geomorphological complexity of river networks in watersheds. The box‐counting method was applied in the MPR floodplain. The result showed that as water levels increase, FD decreases, thereby indicating the direct relation with the hydrological attributes of the floodplain (e.g., duration, magnitude, recurrence of the flood event, and connectivity). This relation constitutes the basis of a new approach of the analysis of hydrological events and their effect on the MPR floodplain. This research provides fundamental information obtained from two hydrological stages and different spatial scales which may complement the method designed to accurately understand the hydrogeomorphological processes that operate on the Paraná River floodplain. It provides a simple parameter that can be used to evaluate the role that each floodplain section plays in attenuating the hydrograph recorded at each gauge analyzed along the river. This information will be useful in the implementation of management policies directed to the mitigation of future hydrological threats generated by alterations in the hydrological regime due to hydroclimatic variations or watershed alterations. The results further strengthen the basis for integrated sustainable planning of the main channel of the Paraná River, its floodplain, and the resources provided by this ecosystem.

Publisher

Wiley

Subject

General Environmental Science,Water Science and Technology,Environmental Chemistry

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