Scale-dependent variation in runoff and sediment yield in a semiarid Mediterranean catchment

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 397, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 128-135

  Mayor, Ángeles G ^a   Bautista, Susana ^a   Bellot, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Catchment; Erosion; Plot; Runoff; Scale relationship; Semiarid

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT SCALE; CHANNEL BED; CONTRIBUTING AREAS; CONTROLLING FACTORS; DIFFERENT SIZES; EMPIRICAL DATA; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MEDITERRANEAN CATCHMENT; PLOT; POWER LAW RELATION; RUNOFF PRODUCTION; RUNOFF YIELD; SCALE EFFECTS; SCALE RELATIONSHIP; SEDIMENT YIELDS; SEMIARID; SEMIARID AREA; SEMIARID HYDROLOGY; TRANSMISSION LOSS; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION PATCHES;

CATCHMENTS; EROSION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEEPAGE; VEGETATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

RUNOFF;

CATCHMENT; CHANNEL HYDRAULICS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INFILTRATION; LIMESTONE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; POWER LAW; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELD; SEMIARID REGION; VEGETATION COVER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 78650702259     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.11.039     Document Type: Article

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