Coupling to MIKE Hydro River

The discharge from the lowest Interflow Reservoir in each subcatchment is distributed evenly over the MIKE Hydro River nodes located in the reservoir. Likewise, the baseflow from the Baseflow Reservoirs is distributed over the same nodes. The default distribution can be overridden by specifying specific MIKE Hydro River Branches and chainages.

If the MIKE Hydro River branch is defined as a “losing branch” then water will be added to the baseflow reservoir based on the head in the river, the river width and the river bed conductivity specified.

Note: The lowest linear reservoir discharges to the MIKE Hydro River net­work. However, if the lowest linear reservoir is not connected to a MIKE Hydro River branch, then the linear reservoir will still discharge. The only dif­ference is that no water will be added to MIKE Hydro River. This situation can arise when there are no MIKE Hydro River branches in small subcatchments. A warning will be written to the log file if a subcatchment is not connect to a MIKE Hydro River branch.