Chapter 11 Hydrological effects of dams and water diversions on rivers of Mediterranean-climate regions: examples from California

Developments in Earth Surface Processes

Volumn 7, Issue C, 2005, Pages 197-211

  Mathias Kondolf, G ^a   Batalla, Ramon J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

impounded runoff; Mediterranean basins; reservoirs; river regime

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956976961     PISSN: 09282025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-2025(05)80017-3     Document Type: Article

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