A regional perspective of the hydrology of the 1993 Mississippi River basin floods

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 135-151

  Pitlick, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Floods; Levees; Precipitation; Return periods; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

FLOODING; PRECIPITATION; RETURN PERIOD; RIVER DISCHARGE;

USA, MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASIN;

EID: 0030722367     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0004-5608.00044     Document Type: Review

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