Assessment of sediment yield of watersheds by reservoir survey and simulation modelling in Brazilian semiarid environment

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 299, 2005, Pages 124-130

  De Araújo, José Carlos ^a,b   Knight, Donald W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Cear ; Hidrosed; Reservoir silting; Sediment yield; Semiarid

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; RESERVOIRS (WATER); WATER RESOURCES; WATERSHEDS;

BRAZIL; HIDROSED; RESERVOIR SILTING; SEDIMENT YIELD; SEMIARID; VOLUME REDUCTION;

SEDIMENTS;

RESERVOIR; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELD; SEDIMENTATION; SEMIARID REGION;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 27544496766     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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