Effect of drainage area on hypsometry from an analysis of small-scale drainage basins in the siwalik hills (Central Nepal)

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 799-808

  Hurtrez, J E ^a,b   Sol, C ^b   Lucazeau, F ^b,c  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c TOTAL   (France)

Author keywords

Drainage basin; Hillslope processes; Hypsometry; River processes; Tectonic uplift

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE BASIN; FLUVIAL PROCESS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HILLSLOPE; HYPSOMETRY; RIVER;

NEPAL; SIWALIK HILLS;

EID: 0033405047     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837(199908)24:9<799::AID-ESP12>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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