Observations on land cover changes and water resources in the headwaters of the Ebro catchment, Iberian Peninsula

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 29, Issue 11-12 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 769-773

  Gallart, Francesc ^a   Llorens, Pilar ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Afforestation; Ebro river; Land cover change; Water resources

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FORESTRY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); STREAM FLOW;

ABANDONMENT; AFFORESTATION; TRIBUTARIES; WATER ABSTRACTIONS;

WATER RESOURCES;

CATCHMENT; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAND USE CHANGE;

EBRO BASIN; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 3543048971     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2004.05.004     Document Type: Article

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