Rainfall, runoff and sediment transport relations in a mesoscale mountainous catchment: The River Isábena (Ebro basin)

Catena

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 23-34

  Lopez Tarazon J A ^a   Batalla, R J ^a,b   Vericat, D ^b,c   Balasch, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC FORESTAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ebro basin; Floods; Mesoscale catchment; Rainfall; River Is bena; Runoff; Sediment transport; Southern Pyrenees

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; MESOSCALE MOTION; MOUNTAIN REGION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

ARAGON; EBRO BASIN; HUESCA [ARAGON]; ISABENA RIVER; PYRENEES; SPAIN;

EID: 80053505732     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2010.04.005     Document Type: Article

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