Evaluation of soil loss in Guaraíra basin by GIS and remote sensing based model

Journal of Urban and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 44-52

  da Silva, Richarde Marques ^a   Santos, Celso A G ^a   e Silva, Leonardo Pereira ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^b Federal Center of Technological Education of Paraíba   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hydrological model; Sediment yield; Ungauged basin

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751674483     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19823932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4090/juee.2007.v1n2.044052     Document Type: Article

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