Low flow hydrology: A review

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 240, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 147-186

  Smakhtin, V U ^a  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Baseflow; Drought; Flow duration curve; Freshwater ecology; Low flow; Low flow frequency; Low flow spells; Modelling; Recessions; Regression

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; ECOLOGY; FLOW ANALYSIS; STREAMFLOW;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; LOW FLOW; RIVER FLOW;

EID: 0035834944     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(00)00340-1     Document Type: Review

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