Are big basins just the sum of small catchments?

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 18, Issue 16, 2004, Pages 3195-3206

  Shaman, Jeffrey ^a   Stieglitz, Marc ^b   Burns, Doug ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGY; SOILS; WATERSHEDS;

BEDROCK STRUCTURE; DEEP GROUNDWATER SPRINGS; RIVER BASINS; SUBSURFACE FLOW PROCESSES;

CATCHMENTS;

CATCHMENT; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; LOW FLOW; RIVER BASIN; RUNOFF; WATER CHEMISTRY;

APPALACHIANS; CATSKILL MOUNTAINS; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 10244253894     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.5739     Document Type: Article

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