Runoff scaling in large rivers of the world

Professional Geographer

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 356-364

  Loáiciga, Hugo A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Depth area duration curves; Large rivers; Runoff; Runoff scaling; Specific runoff

Indexed keywords

EID: 5344222686     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0033-0124.00083     Document Type: Article

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