Environmental impact of multi-annual drought in the Jordan Kinneret watershed, Israel

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 243-256

  Inbar, M ^a   Bruins, H J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Israel; Lake Kinneret; Multi annual drought; River Jordan

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; DROUGHT; EARTHQUAKES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LAND USE; VOLCANOES;

MULTI-ANNUAL DROUGHT; SALINIZATION;

WATERSHEDS;

DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LAKE LEVEL; LAND DEGRADATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; JORDAN RIVER; MIDDLE EAST; NORTHERN DISTRICT; SEA OF GALILEE;

EID: 3042639652     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.612     Document Type: Article

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