Suspended sediment concentration-discharge relationships in the (sub-) humid Ethiopian highlands

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1067-1077

  Guzman, C D ^a   Tilahun, S A ^b   Zegeye, A D ^a,c   Steenhuis, T S ^a,b  

^a Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^b BAHIR DAR UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c Amhara Region Agricultural Research Institute (ARARI)   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES; LAND DEGRADATION; SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION; SEDIMENT MOBILIZATION; SEDIMENT RATING CURVES; SEDIMENT SUPPLY; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS;

AGRICULTURE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

RAIN;

BASEFLOW; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEVELOPING WORLD; DILUTION; DISCHARGE; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; RAINFALL; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; RATING CURVE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; UPLAND REGION; WATERSHED;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 84879104982     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-17-1067-2013     Document Type: Article

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