Impacts of reforestation upon sediment load and water outflow in the Lower Yazoo River Watershed, Mississippi

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 61, Issue , 2013, Pages 394-406

  Ouyang, Ying ^a   Leininger, Theodor D ^b   Moran, Matt ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR BOTTOMLAND HARDWOODS RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Land use; Reforestation; Sediment load; Water outflow; Yazoo River Watershed

Indexed keywords

LOAD DURATION CURVES; MINIMUM ATTENUATION; REDUCED SEDIMENT LOADS; RIVER WATERSHEDS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT LOADS; SURFACE WATER RUNOFF; TWO-FOLD REDUCTION;

LAND USE; REFORESTATION; SEDIMENTS; WATERSHEDS;

RIVERS;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE CHANGE; LOADING; NUMERICAL MODEL; REFORESTATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL EROSION; VOLUME; WATER FLOW;

MISSISSIPPI; UNITED STATES; YAZOO BASIN;

EID: 84887168586     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2013.09.057     Document Type: Article

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