Temporal variation of suspended sediment transport in the Koga catchment, North Western Ethiopia and environmental implications

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 28, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 5972-5984

  Yeshaneh, Eleni ^a   Eder, Alexander ^a,b   Blöschl, Günter ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b Institute of Land and Water Management Research in Petzenkirchen   (Austria)

Author keywords

Event suspended sediment transport; Hysteresis pattern; Sediment yield

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; AGRICULTURE; CATCHMENTS; HYSTERESIS; LAND USE; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; TURBIDITY; VEGETATION;

AGRICULTURAL AREAS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS; IRRIGATION RESERVOIRS; SEDIMENT AVAILABILITY; SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION; SEDIMENT RATING CURVES; SEDIMENT YIELDS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

EID: 84920282361     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10090     Document Type: Article

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