Co-designed farming scenarios show that vegetation is more effective than drainage regulating water excess in the inner Argentinean Pampas
Study region: La Picasa endorheic basin (6 820 km²), Inner Argentine Pampas, one of South America’s most productive rain-fed plains. Study focus: We evaluated how land-use change, rainfall variability and drainage infrastructure control shallow-groundwater behaviour in ultra-flat landscapes. The So...
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| author | López, Sebastián Videla Mensegue, Horacio Rogelio Guillen, Nicolás Federico Alvarez, Javier Corigliano, José Macchiavello, Alejandra Romero Verastegui, Betsy Kroon, Timo Veldhuizen, Albert A. Salafia, Analía Grisel Blanco, Paola Canale, Alejandra Garcia, Carlos Marcelo Jobbagy Gampel, Esteban Gabriel |
| author_browse | Alvarez, Javier Blanco, Paola Canale, Alejandra Corigliano, José Garcia, Carlos Marcelo Guillen, Nicolás Federico Jobbagy Gampel, Esteban Gabriel Kroon, Timo López, Sebastián Macchiavello, Alejandra Romero Verastegui, Betsy Salafia, Analía Grisel Veldhuizen, Albert A. Videla Mensegue, Horacio Rogelio |
| author_facet | López, Sebastián Videla Mensegue, Horacio Rogelio Guillen, Nicolás Federico Alvarez, Javier Corigliano, José Macchiavello, Alejandra Romero Verastegui, Betsy Kroon, Timo Veldhuizen, Albert A. Salafia, Analía Grisel Blanco, Paola Canale, Alejandra Garcia, Carlos Marcelo Jobbagy Gampel, Esteban Gabriel |
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| description | Study region: La Picasa endorheic basin (6 820 km²), Inner Argentine Pampas, one of South America’s most productive rain-fed plains.
Study focus: We evaluated how land-use change, rainfall variability and drainage infrastructure control shallow-groundwater behaviour in ultra-flat landscapes. The Soil Water Balance (SWB) crop model was linked to the iMOD groundwater model through a one-way coupling to simulate daily water-table dynamics (2009–2019) under four stakeholder-defined scenarios: current practice (E0), agricultural intensification (E1), pasture intensification with + 20 % perennial cover (E2) and a six-fold drainage-network expansion (E3).
New hydrological insights for the region
Pasture intensification deepened the median water table by ∼0.9 m and halved the area with depths < 1 m, outperforming intensified cropping (–0.3 m) and extensive drainage (negligible basin-wide effect). Drainage channels acted only as local, short-term buffers during extreme floods. Inter-annual rainfall variability remained the dominant driver of groundwater fluctuations, yet adaptive land-use mixes can increase storage ahead of wet periods. Results indicate that nature-based vegetation strategies are more effective and sustainable than additional “grey” infrastructure for regulating water excess in the Inner Pampas and similar dry-plain agro-ecosystems. |
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| spelling | INTA240752025-10-06T13:54:31Z Co-designed farming scenarios show that vegetation is more effective than drainage regulating water excess in the inner Argentinean Pampas López, Sebastián Videla Mensegue, Horacio Rogelio Guillen, Nicolás Federico Alvarez, Javier Corigliano, José Macchiavello, Alejandra Romero Verastegui, Betsy Kroon, Timo Veldhuizen, Albert A. Salafia, Analía Grisel Blanco, Paola Canale, Alejandra Garcia, Carlos Marcelo Jobbagy Gampel, Esteban Gabriel Vegetación Drenaje Agua Subterránea Cambio de Uso de la Tierra Sostenibilidad Ordenación de Aguas Vegetation Drainage Groundwater Land-use Change Sustainability Water Management Región Pampeana, Argentina Study region: La Picasa endorheic basin (6 820 km²), Inner Argentine Pampas, one of South America’s most productive rain-fed plains. Study focus: We evaluated how land-use change, rainfall variability and drainage infrastructure control shallow-groundwater behaviour in ultra-flat landscapes. The Soil Water Balance (SWB) crop model was linked to the iMOD groundwater model through a one-way coupling to simulate daily water-table dynamics (2009–2019) under four stakeholder-defined scenarios: current practice (E0), agricultural intensification (E1), pasture intensification with + 20 % perennial cover (E2) and a six-fold drainage-network expansion (E3). New hydrological insights for the region Pasture intensification deepened the median water table by ∼0.9 m and halved the area with depths < 1 m, outperforming intensified cropping (–0.3 m) and extensive drainage (negligible basin-wide effect). Drainage channels acted only as local, short-term buffers during extreme floods. Inter-annual rainfall variability remained the dominant driver of groundwater fluctuations, yet adaptive land-use mixes can increase storage ahead of wet periods. Results indicate that nature-based vegetation strategies are more effective and sustainable than additional “grey” infrastructure for regulating water excess in the Inner Pampas and similar dry-plain agro-ecosystems. EEA Marcos Juárez Fil: López, Sebastián. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales. Instituto de Estudios Avanzados en Ingeniería y Tecnología; Argentina Fil: López, Sebastián. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Estudios Avanzados en Ingeniería y Tecnología; Argentina Fil: López, Sebastián. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales; Argentina Fil: Videla Mensegue, Horacio Rogelio. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Marcos Juárez. Agencia de Extensión Rural Laboulaye; Argentina Fil: Guillen, Nicolás Federico. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales; Argentina Fil: Alvarez, Javier. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales; Argentina Fil: Corigliano, José. Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto. Facultad de Agronomía y Veterinaria; Argentina Fil: Macchiavello, Alejandra. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria General Villegas. Agencia de Extensión Rural General Villegas; Argentina. Fil: Romero Verastegui, Betsy. Deltares; Países Bajos Fil: Kroon, Timo. Deltares; Países Bajos Fil: Veldhuizen, Albert A. Wageningen University and Research; Países Bajos Fil: Salafia, Analía Grisel. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Marcos Juárez. Agencia de Extensión Rural Laboulaye; Argentina. Fil: Blanco, Paola. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Marcos Juárez. Agencia de Extensión Rural Laboulaye; Argentina. Fil: Canale, Alejandra. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Marcos Juárez. Agencia de Extensión Rural Río Cuarto; Argentina. Fil: Garcia, Carlos Marcelo. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales. Instituto de Estudios Avanzados en Ingeniería y Tecnología; Argentina Fil: Garcia, Carlos Marcelo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Estudios Avanzados en Ingeniería y Tecnología; Argentina Fil: Garcia, Carlos Marcelo. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales; Argentina Fil: Jobbagy Gampel, Esteban Gabriel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico San Luis. Instituto de Matemática Aplicada de San Luis. Grupo de Estudios Ambientales; Argentina. Fil: Jobbagy Gampel, Esteban Gabriel. Universidad Nacional de San Luis. Instituto de Matemática Aplicada de San Luis. Grupo de Estudios Ambientales; Argentina. 2025-10-06T13:49:41Z 2025-10-06T13:49:41Z 2025-12 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/24075 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214581825006408 2214-5818 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2025.102811 eng info:eu-repograntAgreement/INTA/2023-PE-L03-I024, Innovaciones tecnológicas y organizacionales para la gestión integrada de los recursos naturales info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf Elsevier Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies 62 : 102811. (December 2025) |
| spellingShingle | Vegetación Drenaje Agua Subterránea Cambio de Uso de la Tierra Sostenibilidad Ordenación de Aguas Vegetation Drainage Groundwater Land-use Change Sustainability Water Management Región Pampeana, Argentina López, Sebastián Videla Mensegue, Horacio Rogelio Guillen, Nicolás Federico Alvarez, Javier Corigliano, José Macchiavello, Alejandra Romero Verastegui, Betsy Kroon, Timo Veldhuizen, Albert A. Salafia, Analía Grisel Blanco, Paola Canale, Alejandra Garcia, Carlos Marcelo Jobbagy Gampel, Esteban Gabriel Co-designed farming scenarios show that vegetation is more effective than drainage regulating water excess in the inner Argentinean Pampas |
| title | Co-designed farming scenarios show that vegetation is more effective than drainage regulating water excess in the inner Argentinean Pampas |
| title_full | Co-designed farming scenarios show that vegetation is more effective than drainage regulating water excess in the inner Argentinean Pampas |
| title_fullStr | Co-designed farming scenarios show that vegetation is more effective than drainage regulating water excess in the inner Argentinean Pampas |
| title_full_unstemmed | Co-designed farming scenarios show that vegetation is more effective than drainage regulating water excess in the inner Argentinean Pampas |
| title_short | Co-designed farming scenarios show that vegetation is more effective than drainage regulating water excess in the inner Argentinean Pampas |
| title_sort | co designed farming scenarios show that vegetation is more effective than drainage regulating water excess in the inner argentinean pampas |
| topic | Vegetación Drenaje Agua Subterránea Cambio de Uso de la Tierra Sostenibilidad Ordenación de Aguas Vegetation Drainage Groundwater Land-use Change Sustainability Water Management Región Pampeana, Argentina |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/24075 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214581825006408 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2025.102811 |
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