Coastal reservoir by soft-dam and its possible applications

Recent Patents on Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-56

  Yang, Shu Qing ^a   Lin, Pengzhi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Coastal reservoirs; Murray darling river; River runoff; Storm water development; Water diversion; Yellow river

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; DAMS; DESALINATION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; RIVER DIVERSION; RIVERS; RUNOFF; STORMS; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

COASTAL RESERVOIRS; DARLING RIVERS; RIVER RUNOFFS; STORMWATERS; WATER DIVERSIONS; YELLOW RIVER;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

EID: 79951705972     PISSN: 18722121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1872212111105010045     Document Type: Article

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