Variation of floods characteristics and their responses to climate and human activities in Poyang Lake, China

Chinese Geographical Science

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 13-25

  Li, Xianghu ^a   Zhang, Qi ^a  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Changjiang River; flood characteristics; land reclamation; Poyang Lake; water level

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922105485     PISSN: 10020063     EISSN: 1993064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11769-014-0724-z     Document Type: Article

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