The great Atacama flood of 2001 and its implications for Andean hydrology

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 591-610

  Houston, John ^a  

^a NONE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Andean geomorphology; Atacama Desert; ENSO; Extreme flood; Precipitation; Recharge; Runoff; Water resources

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; EROSION; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOW OF WATER; GEOMORPHOLOGY; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; STREAM FLOW;

EXTREME FLOOD; FLOODING; INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW; PALAEOENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS; RUNOFF COEFFICIENTS;

HYDROLOGY;

CATCHMENTS; EROSION; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOW OF WATER; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; STREAM FLOW;

EXTREME EVENT; FLOODING; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; NATURAL HAZARD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RECHARGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUNOFF;

ANDES; ATACAMA DESERT; CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33644813490     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.5926     Document Type: Article

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