Hydrology and Earth System Sciences www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net 1027-5606 1607-7938 12 4 2008 10.5194/hess-12-989-2008 http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/12/989/2008/ http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/12/989/2008/hess-12-989-2008.html http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/12/989/2008/hess-12-989-2008.pdf 989 1006 2008-07-28 HYDROGEIOS: a semi-distributed GIS-based hydrological model for modified river basins A. Efstratiadis andreas@itia.ntua.gr I. Nalbantis A. Koukouvinos E. Rozos D. Koutsoyiannis Department of Water Resources and Environment, School of Civil Engineering, National Technical Univ. of Athens, Greece Laboratory of Reclamation Works and Water Resources Management, School of Rural and Surveying Engineering, National Technical Univ. of Athens, Greece The HYDROGEIOS modelling framework represents the main processes of the hydrological cycle in heavily modified catchments, with decision-depended abstractions and interactions between surface and groundwater flows. 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