| Title: | Assessing climate change impacts on fresh water resources of the Athabasca River Basin, Canada |
| Authors: | Shrestha, N.K., X. Du, Xinzhong and J. Wang |
| Year: | 2017 |
| Journal: | Science of the Total Environment |
| Volume (Issue): | 601-602 |
| Pages: | 425–440 |
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| DOI: | 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.05.013 |
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| Model: | SWAT |
| Broad Application Category: | hydrologic only |
| Primary Application Category: | climate change |
| Secondary Application Category: | blue, green and/or gray water, or crop water productivity |
| Watershed Description: | 161,000 km^2 Athabasca River Basin (ARB), which originates at the Columbia Icefields that are located in the Canadian Rocky Mountains in the province of Alberta. The river flows toward the North-East and drains first into Lake Athabasca before eventually reaching the Arctic Ocean. The river crosses through the municipalities of Jasper, Hinton, Whitecourt, Athabasca, and Fort McMurray. Forest is the dominant land-use type in the basin at almost 82% coverage, followed by agriculture land with about 10% coverage. Major industries with activities occurring in the basin include agriculture, pulp mills, coal, and oil sand mining. |
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| Language: | English |
| Keywords: | Athabasca River Basin (ARB); Blue and green water resources; Climate change; SWAT; CanRCM4 |