Water resources and environmental change in a Mediterranean environment: The south-west sector of the Duero river basin (Spain)

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 351, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 126-138

  Ceballos Barbancho, Antonio ^a   Morán Tejeda, Enrique ^a   Luengo Ugidos, Miguel Ángel ^a   Llorente Pinto, José Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Duero river; Environmental change; Headwaters; Mediterranean; Precipitation; Water discharge

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; PLANTS (BOTANY); PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RIVER BASIN PROJECTS; WATER SUPPLY;

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HEADWATERS; MEDITERRANEAN;

WATER RESOURCES;

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; PLANTS (BOTANY); PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RIVER BASIN PROJECTS; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HEADWATER; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER BASIN; RIVER DISCHARGE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VEGETATION COVER; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY;

DOURO RIVER; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 39149108793     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.12.004     Document Type: Article

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