Impact of dense reservoir networks on water resources in semiarid environments

Australian Journal of Water Resources

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 87-100

  de Araujo J C ^a   Medeiros, P H A ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b Federal Institute of Education   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Reservoir network; Semiarid; Water availability

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; COMPLEX NETWORKS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

RESERVOIR NETWORKS; SEDIMENT RETENTION; SEMI-ARID ENVIRONMENTS; SEMI-ARID REGION; SEMIARID; SMALL RESERVOIRS; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER DISTRIBUTIONS;

WATER RESOURCES;

DAM CONSTRUCTION; EVAPORATION; RESERVOIR; SEMIARID REGION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER PLANNING; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY;

BRAZIL;

EID: 84883187489     PISSN: 13241583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7158/W12-023.2013.17.1     Document Type: Review

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