A review of the regional maximum flood and rational formula using geomorphological information and observed floods

Water SA

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 377-392

  Pegram, Geoff ^a   Parak, Mohamed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Flood estimation; Generalised extreme value distribution; Rational formula; Regional maximum flood

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY;

RATIONAL FORMULAE (RF); REGIONAL MAXIMUM FLOOD (RMF);

FLOODS;

ESTIMATION METHOD; EXTREME EVENT; FLOODING; RECURRENCE INTERVAL;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 4344693413     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/wsa.v30i3.5087     Document Type: Article

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