Clearfell Logging in the Otway Forested Catchments - Water Yield and Water Quality Issues Otway Ranges Environment Network
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Age of forest determines water yield

Research conducted in the Melbourne water supply catchments
demonstrates that the age of the forest determines the amount of water runoff.

The Soil/Water Hydrology Process

Source: Predicting Water Yields From Mountain Ash Forest Catchments’ Industry Report of the Co-operative Research Centre for Catchment Hydrology, April 1998. Fig 1, Pg 1.

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