Geomorphic and forest cover controls on monsoon flooding, central Nepal Himalaya

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 257-264

  Marston, Richard ^a,b   Kleinman, Jack ^c   Miller, Maynard ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA SOUTHEAST   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANK FULL; DEFORESTATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRAINAGE BASIN; FLOOD; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODING; FOREST COVER; HAZARD PREDICTION; MONSOON; PREDICTION; STREAM DISCHARGE;

NEPAL, HIMALAYAS;

EID: 0030389614     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3673948     Document Type: Article

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