An approach to delineate groundwater recharge potential sites in Ambalantota, Sri Lanka using GIS techniques

Geoscience Frontiers

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 115-124

  Senanayake, I P ^a   Dissanayake, D M D O K ^a   Mayadunna, B B ^a   Weerasekera, W L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MORATUWA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

GIS; Groundwater recharge; Sri Lanka; Water management; Weighted overlay

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; GIS; GROUNDWATER; RECHARGE; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER STRESS;

AMBALANTOTA; SRI LANKA;

EID: 84955699964     PISSN: 16749871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gsf.2015.03.002     Document Type: Article

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