Plot sizes dependency of runoff and sediment yield estimates from a small watershed

Catena

Volumn 102, Issue , 2013, Pages 55-61

  Sadeghi, S H R ^a   Seghaleh, M Bashari ^a   Rangavar, A S ^b  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b Razavi Khorasan Research Centre for Agriculture and Natural Resources   (Iran)

Author keywords

Experimental plot; Iran; Runoff generation; Scale effect; Sediment yield; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; OPTIMIZATION; SEDIMENT YIELD; SLOPE DYNAMICS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WATERSHED;

IRAN;

EID: 84871928710     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2011.01.003     Document Type: Article

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