Effect of land use on the streamflow in the southwestern highlands of Tanzania

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn 240, Issue , 1997, Pages 227-236

  Lørup, Jens Kristian ^a   Hansen, Eggert ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; LAND USE; RAIN; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW; TROPICS; WATERSHEDS;

HEADWATER CATCHMENTS; MONTANE EVERGREEN FORESTS;

HYDROLOGY;

EID: 3342965722     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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