Long-Term Water Level Changes in Closed-Basin Lakes of the Canadian Prairies

Canadian Water Resources Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-38

  van der Kamp, Garth ^a   Keir, Dwayne ^a   Evans, Marlene S ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; LAND USE; WATER LEVELS;

CANADIAN PRAIRIE; CLIMATIC VARIABILITY; HYDROLOGIC EFFECTS; LAKE LEVEL CHANGES; LONG-TERM PERSPECTIVE; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WATER LEVEL CHANGES; WATER-LEVEL DATA;

LAKES;

EID: 45849115497     PISSN: 07011784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4296/cwrj3301023     Document Type: Article

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