The fluvial dynamics of the Maunachira Channel system, northeastern Okavango Swamps, Botswana

Water SA

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 115-125

  McCarthy, T S ^a   Ellery, W N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

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