Characteristics and causes of changes in annual runoff of the Wuding River in 1956-2009

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 225-234

  Zhou, Yuanyuan ^a,b   Shi, Changxing ^a   Du, Jun ^a,b   Fan, Xiaoli ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Abrupt changes; Drought trend; Human activities; Middle Yellow River; Soil and water conservation measures; Wuding River basin

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOILS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER CONSERVATION;

ABRUPT CHANGES; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; RIVER BASINS; SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION MEASURES; YELLOW RIVER;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EXPLOITATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; RUNOFF; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

CHINA; SHAANXI; WUDINGHE BASIN; YELLOW RIVER;

EID: 84876093419     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-012-1949-8     Document Type: Article

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