Targeting of intervention areas to reduce reservoir sedimentation in the Tana catchment (Kenya) using SWAT

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 600-614

  Hunink, J E ^a   Niadas, I A ^b   Antonaropoulos, P ^b   Droogers, P ^c   de Vente, J ^d  

^a Paseo Alfonso XIII 48   (Spain)

^b ZandA P Antonaropoulos and Associates SA   (Greece)

^c Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura ^*  (Netherlands)

^d RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

distributed model; erosion control; Kenya; sediment yield; sedimentation rate; soil conservation; soil erosion; SWAT; watershed management

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED MODELS; EROSION CONTROL; KENYA; SEDIMENT YIELDS; SEDIMENTATION RATES; SOIL EROSION; SWAT; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

BATHYMETRY; CATCHMENTS; EROSION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RUNOFF; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; EROSION CONTROL; RESERVOIR; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENT YIELD; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; SPATIAL VARIATION; STAKEHOLDER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHED;

KENYA; TANA BASIN;

EID: 84876437363     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: 21503435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2013.774090     Document Type: Article

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