Twentieth century agricultural drainage creates more erosive rivers

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1951-1961

  Schottler, Shawn P ^a   Ulrich, Jason ^b   Belmont, Patrick ^c   Moore, Richard ^d   Lauer, J Wesley ^e   Engstrom, Daniel R ^a   Almendinger, James E ^a  

^a ST CROIX WATERSHED RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY MANKATO   (United States)

^e SEATTLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural hydrology; Artificial drainage; Channel widening; Crop conversion; Sediment; Streamflow

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; AGRICULTURAL DRAINAGE; ANNUAL WATER YIELDS; CHANNEL WIDENING; CROP CONVERSION; CROP EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; MODERN AGRICULTURES; RIVERINE SEDIMENTS;

CATCHMENTS; CROPS; LAND USE; LOADING; RIVERS; STREAM FLOW; WATERSHEDS;

SEDIMENTS;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; CHANNEL FLOW; DRAINAGE NETWORK; EROSION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LAND USE CHANGE; RIVER FLOW; SEDIMENT YIELD; STREAMFLOW; TWENTIETH CENTURY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATERSHED;

MINNESOTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84892435798     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9738     Document Type: Article

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