Hydrological implications of desertification in southeastern Spain

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1146-1161

  Martín Rosales, Wenceslao ^a   Pulido Bosch, Antonio ^b   Vallejos, Ángela ^b   Gisbert, Juan ^b   Andreu, José Miguel ^c   Sánchez Martos, Francisco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Desertification; Overexploitation; Trends; Water shortage

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOW OF WATER; RAIN; RIVERS; STATISTICS;

DESERTIFICATION; RIVER FLOWS; WATER SHORTAGE;

HYDROLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; DESERTIFICATION; EXPLOITATION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER FLOW; WATER LEVEL;

ALMERIA [ANDALUCIA]; ANDALUCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GRANADA [ANDALUCIA]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 37249032701     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1623/hysj.52.6.1146     Document Type: Article

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