Extreme hydrological events in karst areas of Slovenia, the case of the Unica River basin

Geodinamica Acta

Volumn 23, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 89-100

  Kovačič, Gregor ^a   Ravbar, Nataša ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRIMORSKA   (Slovenia)

^b KARST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Flood; Geohazard mitigation; Polje; Slovenia; Surface groundwater interaction; Unica river

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DISCHARGE; FLOODING; HYDROGEOLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; KARST; RECHARGE; SURFACE WATER; WATER LEVEL;

SLOVENIA;

EID: 79952256481     PISSN: 09853111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3166/ga.23.89-100     Document Type: Conference Paper

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