Characteristics of snow and glacier fed rivers in mountainous regions with special reference to Himalayan Basins

Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series

Volumn Part 3, Issue , 2011, Pages 128-133

  Krishna, Akhouri Pramod ^a  

^a BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

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EID: 85020601100     PISSN: 13884360     EISSN: 1871756X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-2642-2_57     Document Type: Conference Paper

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