Definition of catchment area in karst: Case of the rivers Krčić and Krka, Croatia

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 682-699

  Bonacci, Ognjen ^a   Jukić, Damir ^b   Ljubenkov, Igor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

^b Croatian Waters   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Catchment area; Croatia; Effective rainfall; Groundwater recharge; Karst hydrology; Karst spring

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; RIVERS; SOILS;

EFFECTIVE RAINFALL; GROUNDWATER RECHARGE; KARST HYDROLOGY; KARST SPRING;

HYDROLOGY;

CATCHMENT; GROUNDWATER FLOW; KARST HYDROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RECHARGE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

CETINA RIVER; CROATIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; KRCIC RIVER; KRKA RIVER; SLOVENIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33746802341     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1623/hysj.51.4.682     Document Type: Article

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