INCA Project   Integrated Catchment Model

INCA Range of Applications

INCA has been applied in a wide range of application, issues and scales. The table below shows a list of some of the applications ranging from catchments of a few Hectares up to very large catchments such as the Garonne at 56,000 km2

Table of Model Applications, Land Use and the Key Issues Investigated

Country

Sites / river system

Area km2

Predominant land use

Major issue

UK

Leith Hill

0.93

Forest and grassland

Acid/CC/N Sat

 

Ant

49.3

Arable

Eutr

 

Kennet

1033

Arable

Eutr/CC

 

Tweed

4390

Improved pasture/arable

Eutr

 

Ouse

8380

Arable

Eutr

 

Itchen

507

Improved pasture/arable

Eutr

 

Test

1343

Improved pasture/arable

Eutr

 

Tamar

916

Arable

Eutr

 

Hafren/Hore at Plynlimon

6.8

Forest/grassland

Eutr,N Sat,Acid

Finland

Simojoki

3160

Coniferous forest/ Wetland

Acid

Germany

Lehstenbach

4.19

Coniferous forest

N Sat and Acid

 

Steinkreuz

0.55

Deciduous forest

N Sat and Acid

France

Kerbernez

0.35

Arable

Eutr

 

Stang Cau

0.86

Arable

Eutr

 

Pouliou

0.75

Arable

Eutr

 

Kervidy

4.9

Arable

Eutr

 

Stimoes

12

Arable

Eutr

 

Ponti-Veuzit

59

Arable

Eutr

 

Garonne

56000

Arable, natural, forest

Eutr, CC

Netherlands

Buunderkamp

0.04

Oak forest

N Sat and Acid

 

Leuvenum

0.04

Douglas Fir forest

N Sat and Acid

 

Speuld

0.16

Douglas Fir forest

N Sat and Acid

 

Kootwijk

0.16

Douglas Fir forest

N Sat and Acid

 

Oldebroekse heide

0.005

Heathland

Eutr

 

Edese bos

10

Heathland

N Sat and Eutr

Norway

Bjerkreim

619

Coniferous forest

N Sat and Acid

 

Dalelv

3.2

Arctic tundra

N Sat and Acid

Spain

Fuirosos

16.2

Forest and arable

Eutr and Acid

Denmark

Vestskoven

Variable

Coniferous and deciduous forest

N Sat

 

(18 plots)

 

 

 

Romania

Mures

32,000

Forest, arable

Metals, nutrients

 

Nealjov

3,465

Forest, arable

Nutrients

Brazil

Atlantic Forest

100

Rainforest

Nutrients

Nepal

Liki Kola

15

Forest

Nutrients

 

 

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