Rainfall, runoff, and suspended sediment delivery relationships in a small agricultural watershed of the Three Gorges area, China

Geomorphology

Volumn 135, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 158-166

  Nu Fang, Fang ^a   Zhi Hua, Shi ^a,b   Lu, Li ^a   Cheng, Jiang ^c  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^c Soil and Water Conservation Bureau of Zigui County   (China)

Author keywords

Agricultural watershed; Flood events; Hydrological response; Hysteretic loops; Suspended sediment

Indexed keywords

FLOOD; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; HYSTERESIS; PEAK DISCHARGE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL EROSION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; WATER YIELD; WATERSHED;

CHINA; HUBEI; THREE GORGES DAM;

EID: 80053595710     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.08.013     Document Type: Article

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