Estimation of snow and glacier-melt contribution to the Chenab River, western Hiamlaya

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 49-56

  Singh, Pratap ^a   Jain, S K ^a   Kumar, Naresh ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL MELTWATER; RUNOFF; SNOWMELT; WATER BALANCE;

INDIA, HIMALAYAS, CHENAB RIVER BASIN;

EID: 0030695491     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3673913     Document Type: Article

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