Karst rivers' particularity: An example from Dinaric karst (Croatia/Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 963-974

  Bonacci, Ognjen ^a   Željković, Ivana ^a   Galić, Amira ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MOSTAR   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Author keywords

Dinaric karst; Karst hydrology; Karst river; Polje

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL RESERVOIRS; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; DINARIC KARST; INHERENT CHARACTERISTICS; KARST HYDROLOGY; POLJE; REGIONAL WATER RESOURCES; TRANS-BOUNDARY RIVERS;

AQUIFERS; CATCHMENTS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; LAKES; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RIVERS; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT;

LANDFORMS;

DISCHARGE; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HYDROGEOLOGY; KARST HYDROLOGY; RIVER FLOW; STREAMFLOW; WATER EXCHANGE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; CROATIA;

EID: 84883463302     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-012-2187-9     Document Type: Article

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