Flood frequency analysis of Gurara River catchment at Jere, Kaduna State, Nigeria

Scientific Research and Essays

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 636-646

  Ibrahim, H Manta ^a   Isiguzo, E Ahaneku ^a  

^a National Center for Agricultural Mechanization   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Flood frequency analysis; Probability distribution; Recurrence interval; Reduced variate

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349230056     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19922248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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