A new typology for mountains and other relief classes: An application to global continental water resources and population distribution

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 34-45

  Meybeck, M ^a   Green, P ^a   Vorosmarty C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Global population; Global water resources; Mountain typology; Relief classes; Relief roughness

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGY; MOUNTAIN REGION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RELIEF; TYPOLOGY; WATER RESOURCE;

EID: 0035065870     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/0276-4741(2001)021[0034:ANTFMA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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