A conceptual semidistributed model of the Coulazou River as a tool for assessing surface water-karst groundwater interactions during flood in Mediterranean ephemeral rivers

Water Resources Research

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Bailly Comte, V ^a,b   Borrell Estupina, V ^a   Jourde, H ^a   Pistre, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b BRGM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPHEMERAL RIVER; EXPECTED VALUES; FLASH FLOOD; FLOOD EVENT; FLOOD HAZARDS; FLOOD PEAK; GROUNDWATER INTERACTION; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HIGH WATER TABLE; KARST FLOW; KARST TERRAINS; KINEMATIC WAVES; LOW WATER; PHYSICAL MEASUREMENT; RAINFALL CHARACTERISTICS; SEMI-DISTRIBUTED MODEL; SURFACE FLOW; SURFACE RUNOFFS; TIME STEP;

FLOOD CONTROL; GROUNDWATER; HAZARDS; LANDFORMS; RIVERS; RUNOFF; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS;

FLOODS;

CALIBRATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EPHEMERAL STREAM; FLASH FLOOD; FLOODING; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; KARST HYDROLOGY; KINEMATICS; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RESERVOIR; RUNOFF; WATER TABLE; WATERSHED;

COULAZOU RIVER; FRANCE; HERAULT; LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON;

EID: 84866975589     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010WR010072     Document Type: Article

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