Hydrology-based assessment of environmental flows: An example from Nepal

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 207-222

  Smakhtin, V U ^a   Shilpakar, R L ^b   Hughes, D A ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT   (Nepal)

^c RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Eco hydrology; Environmental flows; Flow duration curve; Nepal; River flow; Time series; Water resources planning

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; RIVERS; STREAM FLOW; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ECO-HYDROLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FLOW ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FLOWS; FLOW DURATION CURVE; RIVER FLOW; WATER RESOURCES PLANNING;

HYDROLOGY;

BASIN MANAGEMENT; ECOHYDROLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; RIVER BASIN; RIVER FLOW; WATER PLANNING;

ASIA; EURASIA; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33645742121     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1623/hysj.51.2.207     Document Type: Article

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