Predicted impacts of land use change on groundwater recharge of the upper Berg catchment, South Africa

Water SA

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 211-220

  Albhaisi, M ^a   Brendonck, L ^b   Batelaan, O ^a,b,c  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Berg catchment; Ecological reserve; Remote sensing; WetSpa

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED HYDROLOGICAL MODEL; ECOLOGICAL RESERVES; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; NATIONAL WATER POLICY; SIMULATED GROUND WATER; SPATIAL DIFFERENCES; WESTERN CAPE , SOUTH AFRICA; WETSPA;

CATCHMENTS; DEFORESTATION; ECOLOGY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; LAND USE; REMOTE SENSING; RUNOFF; VEGETATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

CATCHMENT; DAM CONSTRUCTION; DEFORESTATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSAT; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PREDICTION; RECHARGE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TIME SERIES; WATER RESOURCE;

DEFORESTATION; ECOLOGY; LAND USE; PLANTS; REMOTE SENSING; RUNOFF; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

BERG BASIN; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84878654955     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: 18167950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/wsa.v39i2.4     Document Type: Article

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