Articles | Volume 385
https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-385-1-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-385-1-2024
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18 Apr 2024
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The hydrological system as a living organism

Hubert H. G. Savenije

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Hydrology is the bloodstream of the Earth, acting as a living organism, with the ecosystem as its active agent. The ecosystem optimises its survival within the constraints of energy, water, climate and nutrients. It is capable of adjusting the hydrological system and, through evolution, adjust its efficiency of carbon sequestration and moisture uptake. In trying to understand future functioning of hydrology, we have to take into account the adaptability of the ecosystem.