Biophysical Controlling Factors in Upper Catchments and Braided Rivers in Drylands: The Case of a Marginal Graben of the Ethiopian Rift Valley

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 748-758

  Demissie, Biadgilgn ^a,b   Frankl, Amaury ^b   Haile, Mitiku ^a   Nyssen, Jan ^b  

^a MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Braided rivers; Marginal grabens; NDVI; Raya Graben; Rift Valley; Vegetation cover

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICS; CATCHMENTS; LANDFORMS; MORPHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUNOFF; VEGETATION;

BRAIDED RIVER; MARGINAL GRABENS; NDVI; RAYA GRABEN; RIFT VALLEY; VEGETATION COVER;

RIVERS;

BRAIDED RIVER; CATCHMENT; ESCARPMENT; HEADWATER; NDVI; SATELLITE DATA; VEGETATION COVER;

EAST AFRICAN RIFT; ETHIOPIAN RIFT;

EID: 84945480497     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2357     Document Type: Article

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