High frequency floods and their magnitudes in the Indian rivers

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 90-96

  Nandargi, Shobha ^a   Dhar, O N ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Cyclones; Frequency and magnitudes of floods; Indian rivers; SW monsoon

Indexed keywords

FLOOD; FLOOD FREQUENCY; RIVER; WATER RESOURCE;

CYCLONE; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FLOODING; MAGNITUDE; MONSOON; RIVER; WATER RESOURCE;

INDIA;

EID: 0037219624     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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