Rainfall-runoff-soil and nutrient loss relationships for plot size areas of bhetagad watershed in Central Himalaya, India

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 293, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 137-150

  Kothyari, B P ^a   Verma, P K ^a   Joshi, B K ^a   Kothyari, U C ^b  

^a G B PANT INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Experimental plot; Land use; Rainfal; Runoff; Soil and nutrient loss; Watershed

Indexed keywords

LAND USE; METEOROLOGY; RUNOFF; SOILS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATERSHEDS;

ORGANIC MATTER; TEA PLANTATION;

RAIN;

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; LAND USE; NUTRIENT LOSS; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SOIL EROSION; WATERSHED;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS;

EID: 2542640086     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2004.01.011     Document Type: Article

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