The effects of rainfall regimes and land use changes on runoff and soil loss in a small mountainous watershed

Catena

Volumn 99, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-8

  Fang, Nu Fang ^a,b   Shi, Zhi Hua ^a,b,c   Li, Lu ^d   Guo, Zhong Lu ^c   Liu, Qian Jin ^c   Ai, Lei ^c  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^c HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Hubei Water Resources Research Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Land use change; Mountainous watershed; Rainfall events; Runoff; Soil loss

Indexed keywords

LAND USE CHANGE; MOUNTAIN STREAM; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SOIL EROSION; WATERSHED;

CHINA; THREE GORGES;

EID: 84864405621     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2012.07.004     Document Type: Article

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