Appliation of natural resources onservation service - Curve number method for runoff estimation with GIS in the Kardeh watershed, Iran

European Journal of Scientific Research

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 575-590

  Ebrahimian, Mahboubeh ^a   See, Lai Food ^a   Ismail, Mohd Hasmadi ^a   Malek, Ismail Abdul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Curve number; Geographic information system; Kardeh watershed; Slopeadjusted runoff depth

Indexed keywords

EID: 69649088659     PISSN: 1450216X     EISSN: 1450202X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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