Investigation of river flow alterations using environmental flow assessment and hydrologic indices: Tajan River Watershed, Iran

International Journal of River Basin Management

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 311-321

  Ghanbarpour, M Reza ^a,c   Zolfaghari, Somayeh ^b   Geiss, Christoph ^a   Darvari, Zahra ^b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAZANDARAN   (Iran)

^c ALBERTA ENVIRONMENT AND PARKS   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environmental flow; hydrologic alteration; Iran; reservoir operation; Tajan Watershed

Indexed keywords

BASEFLOW; DAM CONSTRUCTION; FLOW MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; RESERVOIR; RIVER FLOW; WATER RESOURCE; WATERSHED;

IRAN; MAZANDARAN; TAJAN RIVER;

EID: 84885130395     PISSN: 15715124     EISSN: 18142060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15715124.2013.823978     Document Type: Article

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