Water balance and water use efficiency of different land uses in western Himalayan valley region

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 225-240

  Narain, Pratap ^a   Singh, R K ^a   Sindhwal, N S ^a   Joshie, P ^a  

^a ICAR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (India)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Hydrological influence; Runoff; Water budget; Water use

Indexed keywords

LAND USE; WATER BUDGET; WATER DEMAND;

INDIA;

EID: 0031721741     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3774(98)00047-X     Document Type: Article

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