The influence of major dams on hydrology through the drainage network of the Sacramento River basin, California

River Research and Applications

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 55-72

  Singer, Michael Bliss ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dams; Hydrograph alteration; River network; Rivers streams; Runoff; Watershed

Indexed keywords

DAM CONSTRUCTION; DRAINAGE NETWORK; FLOOD CONTROL; HYDROGRAPHY; RIVER BASIN; RUNOFF; STREAMFLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WATERSHED;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SACRAMENTO BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846922762     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.968     Document Type: Article

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