Flood routing and alluvial aquifer recharge along the ephemeral arid Kuiseb River, Namibia

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 368, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 262-275

  Morin, Efrat ^a   Grodek, Tamir ^a   Dahan, Ofer ^b   Benito, Gerardo ^c   Kulls, Christoph ^d   Jacoby, Yael ^a   Langenhove, Guido Van ^e   Seely, Mary ^f   Enzel, Yehouda ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^e Ministry of Agriculture Water and Forestry Namibia   (Namibia)

^f DESERT RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

Author keywords

Africa; Alluvial shallow aquifer; Aquifer recharge; Arid zone; Flash flood infiltration; Transmission loss

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; ARID REGIONS; FLOODS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT; RIVER CONTROL; SEEPAGE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STREAM FLOW; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA; ALLUVIAL SHALLOW AQUIFER; AQUIFER RECHARGE; ARID ZONE; FLASH FLOOD INFILTRATION; TRANSMISSION LOSS;

SOIL MECHANICS;

AQUIFER; ARID ENVIRONMENT; BOREHOLE; CALIBRATION; DATA SET; EPHEMERAL STREAM; FIELD SURVEY; FLASH FLOOD; FLOOD ROUTING; GIS; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HYDROGRAPH; INFILTRATION; KINEMATICS; MOISTURE CONTENT; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECHARGE; RIVER CHANNEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION LOSS;

AFRICA; KUISEB RIVER; NAMIBIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 63149162354     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.02.015     Document Type: Article

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