Hydrology and water quality of the Raisin River: Overview of impacts of recent land and channel changes in eastern Ontario

Water Quality Research Journal of Canada

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 361-390

  Watelet, A ^a,b   Johnson, P G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Channel changes; Land use changes; Surface hydrology; Surface water quality

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOODS; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; RIVERS; SURFACE WATERS; WATERSHEDS;

CHANNEL CHANGES; EASTERN ONTARIO; LAND USE CHANGES; RAISIN RIVER; SURFACE HYDROLOGY; SURFACE WATER QUALITY;

WATER QUALITY;

CHANNEL; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; WATER QUALITY;

CANADA; ONTARIO;

EID: 0032843114     PISSN: 12013080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wqrj.1999.018     Document Type: Article

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