Copyright

Stephanie Kampf

Published On

2026-10-08

Language

  • English

Print Length

16 pages

THEMA

  • RBK
  • RNF
  • RNC
  • RBP
  • JNU

BISAC

  • SCI081000
  • YAN050090
  • TEC010030
  • NAT011000
  • SCI092000
  • EDU029030

Keywords

  • Hydrology
  • sustainability
  • water harvesting
  • streamflow
  • groundwater
  • precipitation

6. Lakes and wetlands

Chapter of: Hydrology for Sustainability

Lakes are places where surface water is detained, and they have open water surfaces. Wetlands are often found around lake margins, but they differ from lakes in that they also contain vegetation. This chapter covers where lakes are found and the processes that affect their water levels. The features used to identify wetlands and the variety of wetland types are also presented. Sections on sustainability introduce examples of how human water use has caused lakes to decline or disappear and strategies for restoring wetlands.

Contributors

Stephanie Kampf

(author)
Professor of Watershed Science at Colorado State University System
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8991-2679

Stephanie Kampf is a Professor of Watershed Science at Colorado State University, USA. She has degrees in Geosciences (BA) from Williams College; Hydrogeology (MS) from University of Nevada, Reno, and Civil and Environmental Engineering (PhD) from the University of Washington. She teaches classes in hydrology and watershed problem analysis and has published over 80 scientific journal articles on climate, hydrology, geomorphology, and fire. Her current research examines snowmelt runoff, headwater streams, and how wildfires have affected streamflow and erosion in mountain watersheds. Select publications:

Kampf SK, McGrath D, Sears MG, Fassnacht SR, Kiewiet L, Hammond JC, 2022. Increasing wildfire impacts on snowpack in the western US. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(39), e2200333119. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2200333119

Kampf SK, Dwire KA, Fairchild MP, Dunham J, Snyder CD, Jaeger KL, Luce CH, Hammond JC, Wilson C, Zimmer MA, Sidell M, 2021. Managing nonperennial headwater streams in temperate forests of the United States. Forest Ecology and Management, 497, 119523. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119523

Kampf SK, Burges SJ, Hammond JC, Bhaskar A, Covino TP, Eurich A, Harrison H, Lefsky M, Martin C, McGrath D, Puntenney-Desmond K, Willi K, 2020. The case for an open water balance: Re-envisioning network design and data analysis for a complex, uncertain world. Water Resources Research. 56(6), e2019WR026699, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019WR026699

Kampf SK, Mirus BB, 2020. Subsurface and surface flow leading to channel initiation. Treatise on Geomorphology, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-409548-9.12448-0Webpage: https://sites.google.com/view/kampfcsu/home