Can the basin morphology alone provide an insight into floodplain delineation

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 118, Issue , 2008, Pages 47-56

  Manfreda, S ^a   Sole, A ^a   Fiorentino, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Digital elevation model (DEM); Flooding areas; Topographic index

Indexed keywords

BASIN ANALYSIS; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RIVER BASIN; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TOPOGRAPHY;

ARNO BASIN; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUSCANY;

EID: 58849117199     PISSN: 17433541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2495/FRIAR080051     Document Type: Article

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