Estimation of soil erosion and sediment yield using GIS at catchment scale

Water Resources Management

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1635-1647

  Bhattarai, Rabin ^a   Dutta, Dushmata ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

DEM; GIS; Sediment delivery ratio; Sediment yield; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; EROSION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SEDIMENTS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; WATERSHEDS;

SEDIMENT DELIVERY RATIO; SEDIMENT YIELD;

SEDIMENTATION;

CATCHMENTS; EROSION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; WATERSHEDS;

CATCHMENT; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ESTIMATION METHOD; GIS; RIVER BASIN; SEDIMENT YIELD; SOIL EROSION; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; WATERSHED;

ASIA; EURASIA; MUN RIVER; NORTHEASTERN REGION; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

EID: 34548507236     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-006-9118-z     Document Type: Article

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