Abstract Region East Africa. Focus A review of catchment studies (n= 37) conducted in East
Africa evaluating the impacts of Land Use and Land Cover Changes (LULCC) on discharge …

The Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model is a continuation of nearly 30 years of
modeling efforts conducted by the USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS). SWAT has …

Earth's vegetation plays a pivotal role in the global water balance. Hence, there is a need to
model dynamic interactions and feedbacks between the terrestrial biosphere and the water …

Aims The field of ecohydrology is providing new theoretical frameworks and methodological
approaches for understanding the complex interactions and feedbacks between vegetation …

Climate change impacts on water availability and hydrological extremes are major concerns
as regards the Sustainable Development Goals. Impacts on hydrology are normally …

Projected changes in biodiversity are likely inadequately estimated when climate and land-
use change effects are examined in isolation. A review of studies of the effects of these …

Ecological, and especially hydrological models used to assess the effects of land cover
changes require various input parameters for plants. Regional model applications rely on …

Land use/land cover (LU/LC) change has significant influence on runoff and sediment
characteristics of any catchment. LU/LC change studies are essential for policy planners to …

Hydrological modeling has provided key insights into the mechanisms of land-use change
impacts on runoff. However, the uncertainty of this impact is poorly understood. This paper …

Lack of data is one of the main limitations for hydrological modeling. However, it is often
used as a justification for over simplifying, poorly performing models. If we want to enhance …