Integrated assessment of catchment suspended sediment budgets: A Zambian example

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 387-415

  Walling, D E ^a   Collins, A L ^b   Sichingabula, H M ^c   Leeks, G J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

137 Cs; Floodplain; River basin management; Sediment budget; Sediment delivery; Sediment yield; Sedimentation; Soil erosion; Zambia

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EROSION; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; SOILS;

SEDIMENT BUDGETS;

CATCHMENTS;

FLOODPLAIN; RIVER BASIN; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL EROSION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

ZAMBIA;

EID: 0035441263     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.461     Document Type: Article

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