Simple mathematical model for optimisation of rainwater storage reservoirs in the Cholistan desert

Irrigation and Drainage

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 105-116

  Kahlown, Muhammad Akram ^a   Majeed, Abdul ^b  

^a Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources   (Pakistan)

^b World Conservation Union ^*  (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Cholistan desert; Evaporation; Pakistan; Rainwater; Seepage; Storage reservoir

Indexed keywords

EID: 39749125569     PISSN: 15310353     EISSN: 15310361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ird.347     Document Type: Article

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