Is Mongolia's groundwater increasing or decreasing? The case of the Kherlen River basin

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1221-1229

  Brutsaert, Wilfried ^a   Sugita, Michiaki ^b  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Baseflow; Climate trends; Drought flows; East and Central asia; Groundwater storage; Mongolia

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATERSHEDS;

BASEFLOW; CLIMATE TRENDS; DROUGHT FLOWS; EAST AND CENTRAL ASIA; GROUNDWATER STORAGE; MONGOLIA;

RIVERS;

BASEFLOW; DROUGHT; GROUNDWATER; RIVER BASIN; WATER STORAGE; WATER TABLE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KHERLEN BASIN; MONGOLIA;

EID: 57049117371     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1623/hysj.53.6.1221     Document Type: Article

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