An analysis of rainfall, runoff and erosion in the low rainfall zone of northern Iraq

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 181, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 105-126

  Hussein, Mohammad H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOSUL   (Iraq)

^b Dept of Civ Eng   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; EROSION; FORECASTING; NUMERICAL METHODS; RAIN; RUNOFF; STORMS;

CURVE NUMBER METHOD; LOW RAINFALL ZONE; MASS CONSERVATION; RUNOFF RATIO; SOIL LOSS; STREAM POWER CONCEPTS; UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION;

HYDROLOGY;

RAINFALL; RUNOFF;

RAINFALL; RUNOFF; SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE; SOIL LOSS DATA; STORM CLASSIFICATION; WATER EROSION;

(NORTH); IRAQ;

EID: 0030158180     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-1694(95)02911-7     Document Type: Article

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