The impacts of climate change and human activities on river flow in the loess tableland of China

Shengtai Xuebao/ Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2379-2386

  Li, Zhi ^a   Liu, Wenzhao ^b   Zheng, Fenli ^b   Hu, Hongchang ^c  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^c LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Climate change; Human activities; Hydrological effects; The Losses Plateau

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; RIVER FLOW; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; WATER RESOURCE; WATERSHED;

CHINA; GANSU; HEIHE BASIN; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 79952638597     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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