Suspended sediment yield and peak discharge in eight erodible mountainous catchments

of France, Mexico and Spain

Towards prediction of suspended sediment yieldfrom peak discharge

N.Gratiot, C. Duvert, G. Nord, O. Navratil, E. Nadal-Romero, N. Mathys, J. Némery, D. Regüés, F. Gallart, J.M., Garcia-Ruiz, M. Esteves

To be submitted, please contact (clement.duvert@gmail.com or nicolas.gratiot@ird.fr )

INTRODUCTION

Mountainous catchments (<50km2)

high extent of intermittency of river flowvery high concentration (>10 >100g/l)

Technical limitationsPoor understanding of hillslope river connections

No generic procedure to predict SSY in such environments

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