Impact of upstream changes in rain-fed agriculture on downstream flow in a semi-arid basin

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 36-45

  Masih, I ^a   Maskey, S ^a   Uhlenbrook, S ^a,b   Smakhtin, V ^c  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Downstream impact; Irrigation agriculture; Karkheh Basin; Rainwater harvesting; Stream flow; SWAT model; Water use

Indexed keywords

DOWNSTREAM IMPACTS; IRRIGATION AGRICULTURE; KARKHEH BASIN; RAIN WATER HARVESTING; SWAT MODEL; WATER USE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IRRIGATION; RAIN; SOIL MOISTURE; STREAM FLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

RIVERS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BASELINE CONDITIONS; FLOW FIELD; IRRIGATION; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; RAINWATER; RUNOFF; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL WATER; STREAMFLOW; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER RESOURCE; WATER STORAGE; WATER USE;

IRAN; KARKHEH BASIN; KHUZESTAN;

EID: 80053249943     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2011.08.013     Document Type: Article

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