Food and water scenarios for the Karkheh River Basin, Iran

Water International

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 409-424

  Marjanizadeh, Sara ^a   de Fraiture, Charlotte ^b   Loiskandl, Willibald ^c  

^a ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

^b INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Crop water needs; Environmental flow requirements; Groundwater; Iran; Karkheh basin; Podium model

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 77956412157     PISSN: 02508060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508060.2010.506263     Document Type: Article

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