Effects of land slope and flow depth on retarding flow in non-submerge vegetated lands

Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 536-540

  Fathi Moghadam, M ^a  

^a SHAHID CHAMRAN UNIVERSITY OF AHVAZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

Flow retardation; Irrigation; Land conservation; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750217954     PISSN: 18125379     EISSN: 18125417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ja.2006.536.540     Document Type: Article

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