Impact on water quality of land uses along Thamalakane-Boteti River: An outlet of the Okavango Delta

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 33, Issue 8-13, 2008, Pages 687-694

  Masamba, Wellington R L ^a   Mazvimavi, Dominic ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Coliforms; Land use; Okavango; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; DISSOLVED OXYGEN SENSORS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; IRON; LAND USE; LEAD; METALS; NITROGEN; NONMETALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POTABLE WATER; RIVERS; SODIUM; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

BOTSWANA; DISSOLVED NITROGEN; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FAECAL COLIFORM; FAECAL COLIFORMS (FC); FAECAL STREPTOCOCCI; OKAVANGO DELTA; ORGANIC MATTER (OM); RESIDENTIAL AREAS; SAMPLING SITES; SELECTED METALS; TOTAL DISSOLVED PHOSPHORUS (TDP);

RIVER POLLUTION;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECAL COLIFORM; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LAND USE; LAND USE CHANGE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; RIVER WATER; SEMIARID REGION; WATER QUALITY;

AFRICA; BOTETI RIVER; BOTSWANA; NGAMILAND; OKAVANGO DELTA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; THAMALAKANE RIVER;

BOS;

EID: 48749108688     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2008.06.035     Document Type: Article

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