Modelling outflow from the Jao/Boro river system in the Okavango Delta, Botswana

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 193, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 214-239

  Gieske, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; RIVERS; SURFACE WATERS; WATER RESOURCES;

OUTFLOW;

HYDROLOGY;

INFILTRATION; MODELLING; RIVERS; WATER SUPPLY;

CLIMATE VARIATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; MODELLING; OUTFLOW; RIVER FLOW;

BOTSWANA, OKAVANGO DELTA;

EID: 0031172666     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(96)03147-2     Document Type: Article

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