Hydrological and ecological impacts of dams on the Kafue Flats floodplain system, southern Zambia

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 30, Issue 6-7 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 442-447

  Mumba, M ^a   Thompson, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dams; Kafue Flats; Mimosa pigra; Wetlands; Zambia

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HYDROLOGY; VEGETATION; WETLANDS;

ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS; FLOODPLAIN SYSTEM; ZAMBIA;

DAMS;

DAM CONSTRUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLOODPLAIN; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD; ZAMBIA;

ANTELOPE; KOBUS LECHE; MIMOSA PIGRA;

EID: 24044514986     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2005.06.009     Document Type: Article

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