Preliminary estimate of environmental flow requirements of the Rusape River, Zimbabwe

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 31, Issue 15-16, 2006, Pages 864-869

  Love, Faith ^a   Madamombe, Elisha ^b   Marshall, Brian ^a   Kaseke, Evans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b Zimbabwe National Water Authority   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Building block model; Environmental flow requirements; Managed releases; Rusape River; Save Basin

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DAMS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FLOODS; FLOW OF WATER; HYDROLOGY;

BUILDING BLOCK METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL FLOW REQUIREMENTS; SOFTWARE PACKAGE DRIFT;

RIVERS;

DAM; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; RIVER FLOW; RIVER MANAGEMENT; STREAMFLOW; TRIBUTARY; WATER PLANNING;

AFRICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SAVA RIVER; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 33749077542     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2006.08.005     Document Type: Article

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