Modelling the suspended sediment dynamics of a large tropical river: The upper Niger River basin at Banankoro

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 23, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 3193-3200

  Picouet, Cécile ^a   Hingray, Benoît ^a   Olivry, Jean Claude ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Empirical model; Hysteresis; Lumped conceptual model; Niger river; Sediment yield; Suspended sediment transport

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL MODEL; EMPIRICAL MODEL; NIGER; RIVER SEDIMENTS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; EROSION; FLOODS; HYSTERESIS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RIVERS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

HYDRAULIC MODELS;

BANK EROSION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HYSTERESIS; MODELING; RIVER BASIN; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELD; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

AFRICA; NIGER RIVER; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 70549083409     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7398     Document Type: Article

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