Assessment of annual high-water events for the Mackenzie River basin, Canada

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 22, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 3864-3880

  de Rham, Laurent P ^a   Prowse, Terry D ^a   Beltaos, Spyros ^a   Lacroix, Martin P ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flooding; Mackenzie River basin; Return period assessment; River ice; Spring break up

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); SPRINGS (COMPONENTS); WATERSHEDS;

BASIN AREA; BREAK-UP; CLASSIFICATION PROCEDURE; FLOODING; MACKENZIE RIVER BASIN; MIXED SIGNALS; PHYSICAL FACTORS; RELATIVE MAGNITUDES; RETURN-PERIOD ASSESSMENT; RIVER ICE; SOCIO-ECONOMIC EFFECTS; SPECIFIC CHARACTERISTICS; SPRING BREAK-UP; STAGE-DISCHARGE; STREAM ORDER; SUB-REGIONS; TIME PERIODS; WATER DEPTHS;

RIVERS;

CLASSIFICATION; FLOODING; ICE BREAKUP; RETURN PERIOD; RIVER BASIN; RIVER DISCHARGE; SPRING (SEASON); WATER DEPTH;

CANADA; MACKENZIE RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

EID: 52149092386     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7016     Document Type: Article

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