Study on the runoff and sediment-producing effects of precipitation in headwater areas of the Yangtze River and Yellow River, China

Environmental Geology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-9

  Yuanshou, Li ^a   Genxu, Wang ^a,b   Dahe, Qin ^a   Lin, Zhao ^a   Yongjian, Ding ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Headwater areas of the Yangtze River and Yellow River; Precipitation; Runoff yield; Sediment yield; Vegetation coverage

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; EROSION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RUNOFF; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; THEOREM PROVING; VEGETATION; WATERSHEDS;

HEADWATER AREAS OF THE YANGTZE RIVER AND YELLOW RIVER; PRECIPITATION; RUNOFF YIELD; SEDIMENT YIELD; VEGETATION COVERAGE;

RIVERS;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; EROSION RATE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEADWATER; MEADOW; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER BASIN; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT YIELD; SOIL EROSION; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION COVER;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YANGTZE RIVER; YELLOW RIVER;

EID: 54049105287     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-007-1134-7     Document Type: Article

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