Effects of flow regulation in flow regime on the Murrumbidgee River, South Eastern Australia: An assessment using a daily estimation hydrological model

Australian Geographer

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 301-314

  Frazier, Paul ^a,b,c   Page, Ken ^a,b,c   Read, Arthur ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Murrumbidgee River; Natural flow regime; River regulation; Water resource management

Indexed keywords

FLOW REGULATION; RIVER;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MURRUMBIDGEE RIVER; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 33644852590     PISSN: 00049182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049180500325702     Document Type: Article

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