Hydrogeochemical functioning of a warm polymictic reservoir: case of the Daourat reservoir (Morocco)
The study of the Daourat reservoir during the hydrological cycle 1996-1997, focus on the water column and the sediment in order to understand the hydrogeochemical functioning. The hydrological mode of the Daourat reservoir (9,5 Mm3) is a result of the external contributions of the area catchment and the management of the reservoir. The water column of this reservoir does not present any period of stratification and any period of anoxia. It is a warm polymictic lake. The influence of the upstream reservoir (Al Massira 2 800 Mm3 and Imfout 18 Mm3) does not explain the physicochemical and geochemical functioning of the Daourat reservoir. Indeed, this reservoir seems to be much more controlled by the contributions of the local area catchment and by the internal load of the reservoir.