Runoff, sediment load and land use/cover change relationship: the case of Maybar sub-watershed, South Wollo, Ethiopia

International Journal of River Basin Management

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 89-101

  Tesfaye, Gebremedhin ^a   Assefa, Abera ^b   Kidane, Desale ^c  

^a DILLA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b Melkasa Agricultural Research Centre   (Ethiopia)

^c SAMARA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

double mass curve; Ethiopia; land use dynamics; Rainfall runoff; sediment load

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SEDIMENT YIELD; WATERSHED;

ETHIOPIA; SOUTH WOLLO;

EID: 84991457470     PISSN: 15715124     EISSN: 18142060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15715124.2016.1239625     Document Type: Article

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