Rangeland management and fluvial geomorphology in northern Tanzania

Geomorphology

Volumn 214, Issue , 2014, Pages 366-377

  Miller, Brian W ^a   Doyle, Martin W ^b  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dryland rivers; East Africa; Hydraulic geometry; Land use land cover change; Resource management institutions; Sediment

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRAZING PRESSURE; HYDRAULICS; LAND COVER; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; RANGELAND; RIVER; SEDIMENT YIELD; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; WATERSHED;

TANZANIA;

UNGULATA;

EID: 84898819343     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.02.018     Document Type: Article

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