Hydrological indicators of desertification in the Heihe river basin of arid Northwest China

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Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 319-321

  Shanzhong, Qi ^a   Fang, Luo ^b  

^a SHANDONG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JINAN   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; DESERTIFICATION; HYDROLOGY; RIVER BASIN;

ARTICLE; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RIVER; WATER SUPPLY;

CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; RIVERS; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GANSU; HEIHE BASIN;

EID: 33845307930     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/06-S-203.1     Document Type: Article

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16. We are grateful to the Doctoral Foundation of Shandong Normal University, Shandong Province of China (grant 304010).