Flood frequency and routing processes at a confluence of the middle Yellow River in China

River Research and Applications

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 407-427

  He, Hongming ^a   Zhou, Jie ^a   Yu, Qian ^b   Tian, Yong Q ^c   Chen, Robert F ^c  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Flood dischage; Flood frequency evaluation; Flood routing; The middle Yellow River basin

Indexed keywords

CONFLUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FLOOD ROUTING; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; KINEMATICS; RIVER BASIN; RIVER BED; RIVER DISCHARGE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YELLOW RIVER;

EID: 34248633128     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.983     Document Type: Article

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