Water balance in the playa-lakes of an arid environment, Monegros, NE Spain

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 87-102

  Castañeda, Carmen ^a   García Vera, Miguel Ángel ^b  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b Oficina de Planificación Hidrológica   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arid regions; Ground water recharge water budget; Monegros desert; Spain; Wet lands

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; DISCHARGE; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; LAKE; RECHARGE; WATER BUDGET; WATER DEPTH; WETLAND;

ARAGON; EURASIA; EUROPE; LOS MONEGROS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 39149108152     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-007-0230-9     Document Type: Article

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