Water management tasks in the summer polders of the Nemunas lowland

Irrigation and Drainage

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 145-156

  Lukianas, Antanas ^a   Vaikasas, Saulius ^a   Malisauskas, Arvydas Povilas ^b  

^a VILNIUS GEDIMINAS TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b VYTAUTAS MAGNUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Floodplain; Summer polders; Water management

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646254614     PISSN: 15310353     EISSN: 15310361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ird.230     Document Type: Article

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