Effect of rainfall regime and slope on runoff in a gullied loess region on the loess plateau in China

Environmental Management

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 402-411

  Fang, H Y ^a,b   Cai, Q G ^a   Chen, H ^a   Li, Q Y ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c YANTAI INSTITUTE OF COASTAL ZONE RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Gullied loess region; Loess Plateau; Rainfall regime; Runoff coefficient; Scale effect; Slope gradient; Slope length

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENT SLOPES; DOWNSLOPE; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; GULLIED LOESS REGION; HIGH FREQUENCIES; LOESS PLATEAU; LONG DURATION; LOW-INTENSITY; PEAK VALUES; RAINFALL EVENTS; RAINFALL INTENSITIES; RAINFALL REGIME; RUNOFF COEFFICIENT; RUNOFF COEFFICIENTS; SCALE EFFECT; SCALE EFFECTS; SLOPE GRADIENT; SLOPE LENGTH; SLOPE SURFACES; SOIL MOISTURE CONTENT;

AGGLOMERATION; CATCHMENTS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; GROUNDWATER; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; SILT; SOIL MOISTURE;

RUNOFF;

RAIN; RUNOFF;

CATCHMENT; MOISTURE CONTENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SCALE EFFECT; SLOPE; SOIL EROSION; SOIL MOISTURE;

ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL EROSION; SOIL MOISTURE;

ALTITUDE; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PLANTS; RAIN; SEASONS; SOIL; WATER; WATER MOVEMENTS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LOESS PLATEAU; SHAANXI; TUANSHANGOU GULLY;

EID: 49749141436     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-008-9122-6     Document Type: Article

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