Rainfall temporal variability and erosivity in subhumid and humid zones of southern Nigeria

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 541-555

  Salako, F K ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Humid forest; Kinetic energy; Nigeria; Rainfall erosivity; Subhumid zone; Temporal variability

Indexed keywords

EROSIVITY; HUMID FOREST; LAND DEGRADATION; NIGERIA; RAINFALL EROSIVITY; RAINFALL TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; SUBHUMID ZONE;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; EROSION; RAIN; SOILS; STATISTICS;

LAND USE;

EROSIVITY; LAND DEGRADATION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SOIL EROSION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER EROSION; WATERSHED;

AFRICA; NIGER [WEST AFRICA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 33749984802     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.738     Document Type: Article

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