A GIS-based approach for identifying potential runoff harvesting sites in the Thukela River basin, South Africa

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 32, Issue 15-18, 2007, Pages 1058-1067

  de Winnaar, G ^a   Jewitt, G P W ^a   Horan, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

GIS; Runoff generation; Runoff harvesting; Suitability maps

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CATCHMENTS; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RIVERS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; WATER SUPPLY;

RUNOFF GENERATION; RUNOFF HARVESTING; WATER AVAILABILITY;

RUNOFF;

CATCHMENT; DECISION MAKING; GIS; LAND USE; MAPPING METHOD; RESOURCE SCARCITY; RUNOFF; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATER PLANNING;

AFRICA; KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; THUKELA BASIN;

EID: 34548595208     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2007.07.009     Document Type: Article

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