Gully erosion in the Siwalik Hills, Nepal: Estimation of sediment production from active ephemeral gullies

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 155-165

  Ghimire, Sohan K ^a   Higaki, Daisuke ^b   Bhattarai, Tara P ^c  

^a His Majesty's Government of Nepal   (Nepal)

^b HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Tribhuwan University   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Gully erosion; Gully head retreat; Nepal; Sediment production; Siwalik Hills

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; CATCHMENTS; ESTIMATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTS;

GULLY EROSION; GULLY-HEAD RETREAT; SEDIMENT PRODUCTION;

EROSION;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; CATCHMENTS; EROSION; ESTIMATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTS;

GULLY EROSION; MONITORING; MOUNTAIN REGION; SEDIMENT YIELD;

ASIA; EURASIA; SIWALIK HILLS; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 32544432068     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1320     Document Type: Article

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