Spatial and temporal variability of river flows in the degraded semi-arid tropical mountains of northern Ethiopia

Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 143-169

  Zenebe, Amanuel ^a   Vanmaercke, Matthias ^b,c   Poesen, Jean ^e   Verstraeten, Gert ^b,c   Haregeweyn, Nigussie ^a   Haile, Mitiku ^a   Amare, Kassa ^a   Deckers, Jozef ^b,c   Nyssen, Jan ^d  

^a MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c RESEARCH FOUNDATION FLANDERS FWO   (Belgium)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Flash flood; Geba; Nile; River discharge; Runoff coefficients; Soil and water conservation

Indexed keywords

BASEFLOW; CATCHMENT; FLASH FLOOD; FLOODING; RIVER FLOW; RUNOFF; SOIL WATER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ETHIOPIA; GEBA BASIN;

EID: 84881392804     PISSN: 03728854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0372-8854/2012/0080     Document Type: Article

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