Estimating the impacts of land-cover change on runoff using the soil and water assessment tool (SWAT): Case study of Nzoia catchment, Kenya

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 899-908

  Githui, Faith ^a   Mutua, Francis ^b   Bauwens, Willy ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

CLUE S; Hydrology; Land cover change; Runoff; SWAT; Western Kenya

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL AREAS; CLUE-S; DAILY DISCHARGE; FOREST COVER; LAND COVER; LAND-COVER CHANGE; SATELLITE IMAGES; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL; SURFACE RUNOFFS; SWAT; SWAT MODEL; TIME PERIODS; WESTERN KENYA; WORST CASE SCENARIO;

CATCHMENTS; RUNOFF; WATER;

LANDFORMS;

CATCHMENT; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; MODELING; RUNOFF; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 70349535949     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1623/hysj.54.5.899     Document Type: Article

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