A "simple" geomatics-based approach for assessing water erosion hazard at montane areas

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-12

  Arar, Abdelkrim ^a   Chenchouni, Haroun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATNA   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEBESSA   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Algeria; GIS; Land degradation; Mountain landscape; Remote sensing; Soil runoff; Water erosion

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GIS; LAND DEGRADATION; MOUNTAIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL EROSION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER EROSION;

EID: 84891559910     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-012-0782-4     Document Type: Article

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