Hydrological response of a small catchment located in extremely humid monsoonal climate - The maw-ki-syiem case study (Cherrapunji, Meghalaya Plateau, India)

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Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 31-38

  Tomasz, Bryndal ^a   Rafal, Kroczak ^a   Roman, Soja ^a  

^a PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; MONSOON; RAINFALL; RUNOFF;

CHERRAPUNJI; INDIA; MEGHALAYA;

EID: 84927616240     PISSN: 07053797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18814/epiiugs/2015/v38i1/004     Document Type: Article

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