A conceptual model on the function of Mediterranean rivers subjected to natural disturbances (flash-floods and droughts);Un modelo conceptual sobre el funcionamiento de los ríos mediterráneos sometidos a perturbaciones naturales (riadas y sequías)

Limnetica

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 277-292

  Gutiérrez, M Rosario Vidal Abarca ^a   Luisa Suarez Alonso M ^a  

^a Ulniversidad de Murcia   (Spain)

Author keywords

Conceptual model; Droughts; Flash floods; Floods; Mediterranean rivers

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; DROUGHT; FLASH FLOOD; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MEDITERRANEAN WATER; MODELING; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SEGURA BASIN; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 38849128037     PISSN: 02138409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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