IMPROVEMENT OF FLOOD REDUCTION FUNCTION OF FORESTED BASIN BY REINFORCEMENT OF EVAPORATION RATE AND GOUUND ROUGHNESS

Abstract

 Two forest operation techniques with an flood peak reduction effect were discussed using a tank-model and two small artificial forested basins where forest physiognomy was different. One operation was the way to strengthen the insulation evaporative rate by changing its physiognomy, other was the way to make forest floor vegetation and ground roughness increased. The effect when artificial cedar forest was replaced with a mixed conifer-hardwood forest was discussed. As a result, it was estimated that the flood peak flow decreased around 20% before the replacement.