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This research aims to compile a data inventory of human impacts on streamflow and develop a modeling framework to better understand these influences.

February 2, 2026Water Resources ResearchOpen Access

A Diagnostic Framework and Data Inventory to Analyze Human Intervention on Streamflow

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Framework reveals human interventions altering streamflow in the Mississippi River Basin, suggesting improvements for hydrological models.

This research aims to compile a data inventory of human impacts on streamflow and develop a modeling framework to better understand these influences.
Compiled a data inventory of human interventions across the Contiguous United States.
Developed a modeling framework based on the Budyko hypothesis.
Applied the framework to analyze the Mississippi River Basin to assess impacts on streamflow.
Reservoir operations and irrigation significantly alter streamflow in the Missouri and Arkansas‐White‐Red regions.
Identified critical data gaps, such as missing canal-diversion records and insufficient tile-drain representations.

Vora et al. (2026) studied this question.

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Framework reveals human interventions altering streamflow in the Mississippi River Basin, suggesting improvements for hydrological models.