Watershed scale application of WEPP and EROSION 3D models for assessment of potential sediment source areas and runoff flux in the Mara River Basin, Kenya

Catena

Volumn 95, Issue , 2012, Pages 63-72

  Defersha, Mengistu B ^a   Melesse, Assefa M ^a   McClain, Michael E ^a,b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Erosion 3D; Mara River Basin; Sediment yield; Surface runoff; Watershed scale; WEPP

Indexed keywords

GRASSLAND; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAND USE CHANGE; RIVER BASIN; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT YIELD; SOIL EROSION; SOIL TYPE; WATERSHED;

EAST AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; KENYA; LAKE VICTORIA; MARA BASIN;

EID: 84859643447     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2012.03.004     Document Type: Article

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