Hydrological importance of an unusual hazard in a mountainous basin: Flood and landslide

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 20, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 3147-3154

  Haritashya, Umesh K ^a   Singh, Pratap ^b   Kumar, Naresh ^b   Singh, Yatveer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Flood; Glacierized region; Himalayas; Landslide; Natural hazards

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; FLOODS; GLACIERS; HAZARDS; LANDSLIDES; METEOROLOGY; RAIN; RUNOFF; STORMS; STREAM FLOW;

MELT RUNOFF; NATURAL HAZARDS; ROCKSLIDES;

HYDROLOGY;

CATCHMENTS; FLOODS; GLACIERS; HAZARDS; HYDROLOGY; LANDSLIDES; METEOROLOGY; RAIN; RUNOFF; STORMS; STREAM FLOW;

FLOOD; HYDROLOGICAL HAZARD; LANDSLIDE; MELTWATER;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS;

EID: 33748761656     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6397     Document Type: Article

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