The role of land use and soils in regulating water flow in small headwater catchments of the Andes

Water Resources Research

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Roa Garcia M C ^a   Brown, S ^b   Schreier, H ^b   Lavkulich, L M ^b  

^a Fundación Evaristo García A A 4443   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDISOLS; COLOMBIA; DRY SEASONS; FLOW DURATION CURVE; FOREST REMOVALS; FORESTED CATCHMENTS; HEADWATER CATCHMENT; LAND-USE CHANGE; LAND-USE MANAGEMENT; LINEAR RESERVOIRS; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SOIL INFILTRATION; STORM FLOW; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENTS; VOLCANIC AREAS; WATER CYCLE; WATER FLOWS; WATER LOSS; WATER REGULATION;

LAND USE; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RUNOFF; SEEPAGE; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER SUPPLY;

CATCHMENTS;

ANDISOL; CATCHMENT; DRY SEASON; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HEADWATER; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; INFILTRATION; LAND USE CHANGE; LINEARITY; RESERVOIR; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; TRADE-OFF; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; VOLCANIC SOIL; WATER FLOW; WETLAND;

ANDES;

EID: 79957467831     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010WR009582     Document Type: Article

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