Landscape dynamic characteristics using satellite data for a mountainous watershed of Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 4973-4984

  Mallick, Javed ^a   Al Wadi, Hussein ^a   Rahman, Atiqur ^b   Ahmed, Mohd ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Elevation; Land use land cover; Mountainous watershed; Remote sensing and GIS; Slope

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; AGRICULTURE; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; INFORMATION USE; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL CONSERVATION; SURFACE WATERS; WATERSHEDS;

CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES; ELEVATION; KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA; LAND USE AND LAND COVER; LAND USE/LAND COVER; LANDSCAPE CHARACTERISTIC; REMOTE SENSING AND GIS; SLOPE;

LAND USE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; GIS; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MOUNTAIN; SATELLITE DATA; SOIL EROSION; WATERSHED;

ABHA; ASIR; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84912115119     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-014-3408-1     Document Type: Article

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