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Stream valley systems can be considered as a series of gradient situations (ecoclines) that are connected by a stream. The properties of a stream valley depend on the properties of the total landscape system bordering the stream. Modelling stream valley systems means that we should be able to simulate both quantitative and qualitative aspects of the hydrology of all the land(scape) units (Zonneveld, 1989) involved. A consequence of applying regional hydrological models is that statistically reliable results can only be obtained with respect to the influence of large-scale interferences with the hydrology. These include abstraction of groundwater from aquifers and the effects of large-scale agricultural drainage systems. However, the impact of these changes on a local scale, e.g. on the species composition of stream valley meadows, can only be understood when not only changes in water levels are known but also the changes in fine-scale pattern of the shallow groundwater flows and related differences in groundwater chemistry are revealed (Wilcox et al., 1986; Siegel and Glaser, 1987; Grootjans et al., 1988). The next problem would be to couple models describing the saturated zone to models that simulate chemical processes in the unsaturated zone (Kemmers, 1986).
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Grootjans, A.P. et al. (1993). Linking ecological patterns to hydrological conditions on various spatial scales: a case study of small stream valleys. In: Vos, C.C., Opdam, P. (eds) Landscape Ecology of a Stressed Environment. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2318-1_3
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