Modified hydrograph method for arid regions

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 356-365

  Şen, Zekai ^a,b  

^a SAUDI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Arid zone; Flood; Geomorphology; Hydrograph; Logic; Snyder; Wadi

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; ESTIMATION; FLOODS; HYDROLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; STORMS;

GAMMA DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION; SYNTHETIC UNIT HYDROGRAPH;

ARID REGIONS;

ARID REGIONS; CATCHMENTS; ESTIMATION; FLOODS; HYDROLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; STORMS;

ARID REGION; CATCHMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOOD; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; REGIONALIZATION; RUNOFF; UNIT HYDROGRAPH;

ARABIAN PENINSULA; ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 38849105503     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6601     Document Type: Article

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