The significance of morphometric analysis for obtaining groundwater potential zones in a structurally controlled terrain

Environmental Geology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 412-420

  Sreedevi, P D ^a   Subrahmanyam, K ^a   Ahmed, Shakeel ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Bifurcation ratio; Drainage density; India; Pageru River basin; Relief ratio

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; DRAINAGE; EROSION; RAIN; SURFACE WATERS; WATERSHEDS;

MORPHOMETRY; RIVER BASINS; SEMI-ARID REGIONS; WATERSHED DEVELOPMENT;

GROUNDWATER;

ARID REGION; DRAINAGE NETWORK; GROUNDWATER EXPLORATION; MORPHOMETRY; WATER RESOURCE;

ANDHRA PRADESH; ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; PAGERU BASIN; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 12744282435     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-004-1166-1     Document Type: Article

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