Terrain characteristics and Tai toponyms: A GIS analysis of Muang, Chiang and Viang

GeoJournal

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 93-104

  Luo, Wei ^a   Hartmann, John F ^a   Wang, Fahui ^b  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

GIS; Tai toponyms; Terrain characteristics; Water resource; Wet rice agriculture

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL PRACTICES; GIS; GIS ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL CONDITIONS; REGIONAL PATTERN; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SOUTHERN CHINA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TAI TOPONYMS; TERRAIN CHARACTERISTICS; TOPOGRAPHIC INDEX; WATERSHED BASINS;

AGRICULTURE; COMMERCE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LINGUISTICS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; WATER RESOURCES;

LANDFORMS;

GEOMORPHOLOGY; GIS; LANGUAGE; RICE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TERRAIN; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TOPONYMY; WATER RESOURCE;

ASIA; CHINA;

EID: 76649120832     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10708-009-9291-8     Document Type: Article

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