Hydrological impacts of land use change in three diverse South African catchments

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 414-415, Issue , 2012, Pages 118-135

  Warburton, Michele L ^a   Schulze, Roland E ^a   Jewitt, Graham P W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

ACRU agrohydrological model; Baseline land cover; Hydrological response; Land use change

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL RAINFALL; ANTHROPOGENIC MODIFICATION; AVAILABLE WATER; BASELINE LAND COVER; CATCHMENT SCALE; COMMERCIAL PLANTATION; COMPLEX INTERACTION; ENGINEERED SYSTEMS; HYDROLOGICAL IMPACTS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LOCAL SCALE; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; RESIDENTIAL AREAS; SEMI ARID; SUB-HUMID; SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE; URBAN AREAS; WATER RESOURCES PLANNING; WINTER RAINFALL;

AGRICULTURE; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; RAIN; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW; URBAN PLANNING; WATER RESOURCES;

CATCHMENTS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BASELINE CONDITIONS; CATCHMENT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; ORCHARD; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SEMIARID REGION; STREAMFLOW; SUBSISTENCE; SUBTROPICAL REGION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VINEYARD; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER PLANNING; WATER RESOURCE;

BREEDE RIVER; KWAZULU-NATAL; LUVUVHU BASIN; MGENI RIVER; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 84855205602     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.10.028     Document Type: Article

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