Flow regime alteration due to anthropogenic and climatic changes in the Kangsabati River, India

Ecohydrology and Hydrobiology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 182-191

  Mittal, Neha ^a   Mishra, Ashok ^a   Singh, Rajendra ^a   Bhave, Ajay Gajanan ^a   Van Der Valk, Michael ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b Netherlands National Committee IHP HWRP   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic intervention; Climate change; Indicators of Hydrologic Alteration; SWAT

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DAM CONSTRUCTION; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER BASIN; STREAMFLOW;

INDIA; KANGSABATI RIVER; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 84928795988     PISSN: 16423593     EISSN: 20803397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecohyd.2014.06.002     Document Type: Article

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