The 2014 flood event in the Assiniboine River Basin: Causes, assessment and damage

Canadian Water Resources Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 1-2, 2016, Pages 85-93

  Ahmari, Habib ^a,c   Blais, Eric Lorne ^b,c   Greshuk, Jeremy ^b  

^a GOLDER ASSOCIATES LTD   (Canada)

^b AMEC FOSTER WHEELER   (United States)

^c CWRA ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE DETECTION; FLOOD DAMAGE; LAND USE; RIVERS; WATER LEVELS;

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; DRAINAGE NETWORKS; FARMING COMMUNITIES; HEAVY PRECIPITATION; PRAIRIE HYDROLOGY; ROADS AND BRIDGES; SUMMER FLOODS; WINTER SNOWPACK;

FLOODS;

EID: 84939143350     PISSN: 07011784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07011784.2015.1070695     Document Type: Article

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