Comparative assessment of runoff characteristics under different land use patterns within a Himalayan watershed

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 12, Issue 13-14, 1998, Pages 2235-2248

  Rai, S C ^a   Sharma, E ^a  

^a G B PANT INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Discharge; Himalayas; India; Land use; Nutrient; Runoff; Sediment transport; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; RAIN; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STREAM FLOW; VEGETATION; WATER QUALITY;

AGROFORESTRY; HYDROECOLOGY;

WATERSHEDS;

DISCHARGE; LAND USE; NUTRIENT; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL EROSION;

HIMALAYAS; INDIA;

EID: 0032194319     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1085(19981030)12:13/14<2235::aid-hyp732>3.0.co;2-5     Document Type: Article

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