The hydrology of inland valleys in the sub-humid zone of West Africa: Rainfall-runoff processes in the M'bé experimental watershed

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1213-1225

  Masiyandima, Mutsa C ^a   van de Giesen, Nick ^b   Diatta, Sitapha ^c   Windmeijer, Pieter N ^d   Steenhuis, Tammo S ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c AFRICA RICE CENTER AFRICARICE   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Double hydrographs; Inland valleys; Peak flow; Saturation excess overland flow; Shallow groundwater; Surface runoff; Variable source area hydrology; West Africa

Indexed keywords

RAIN; STREAM FLOW; WATERSHEDS;

HYDROMORPHIC ZONE;

HYDROLOGY;

HYDROGRAPH; OVERLAND FLOW; PEAK FLOW; RUNOFF; VALLEY;

COTE D'IVOIRE;

EID: 0037628977     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.1191     Document Type: Article

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