Runoff and sediment yield from a small watershed in southeastern Spain (Lanjarón): Implications for water quality;Débit et production sédimentaire d'un petit bassin versant dans le Sud-Est de l'Espagne (Lanjarón): Implications pour la qualité de l'eau

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1610-1625

  Durán Zuazo, Víctor Hugo ^a   Francia Martínez, José Ramón ^a   García Tejero, Iván ^a   Rodríguez Pleguezuelo, Carmen Rocío ^a   Raya, Armando Martínez ^a   Cuadros Tavira, Simón ^b  

^a IFAPA CENTRO EL TORUÑO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

land use type; Lanjar n, Sierra Nevada Mountains; Mediterranean watershed; Spain; streamflow; water quality

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED FARMLAND; AGRICULTURAL USE; DISSOLVED NUTRIENTS; FOREST AREA; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; HYDROLOGICAL YEARS; IRRIGATED SOILS; LAND-USE TYPE; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; NUTRIENT EXPORT; RAINFALL CYCLE; RAINFALL INTENSITY; SEDIMENT YIELDS; SEMI-ARID WATERSHED; SIERRA NEVADA; SMALL WATERSHEDS; SOLUTE CONCENTRATIONS; SPAIN; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS; THRESHOLD LIMITS; WATERSHED FEATURES;

FORESTRY; IRRIGATION; LAND USE; NUTRIENTS; POTABLE WATER; RAIN; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SOIL MOISTURE; STREAM FLOW; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

LANDFORMS;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISCHARGE; DRINKING WATER; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LAND USE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT YIELD; SOLUTE; STREAMFLOW; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

ANDALUCIA; BETIC CORDILLERA; GRANADA [ANDALUCIA]; LANJARON; SIERRA NEVADA [BETIC CORDILLERA]; SPAIN;

EID: 84871187059     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: 21503435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2012.726994     Document Type: Article

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