Vegetation growth zonation of Sri Lanka for improved water resources planning

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 123-143

  Muthuwatta, Lal ^a   Chemin, Yann ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Agro ecological zones; Biomass growth; Land cover; Land use; Vegetation growth zones

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGY; MOISTURE; VEGETATION;

WATER RESOURCES PLANNING;

WATER RESOURCES;

BIOMASS; LAND USE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VEGETATION COVER; WATER RESOURCE; ZONATION;

SRI LANKA;

EID: 0037433226     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3774(02)00129-4     Document Type: Article

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